Food & Nutrition Program Overview

Food & Nutrition Applications are accepted Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

Who is eligible to participate in the Food & Nutrition program?

People who live together and buy food and prepare meals together are grouped as a "household" for the Food & Nutrition Program. Husbands and wives, and children under 22 years old living with their natural, adoptive or stepparents must be considered as one household. Household members that wish to be included must be U.S. citizens or legal aliens.

Able-bodied household members who are age 16 through 59 must register for work, and may be required to participate in a Food & Nutrition Employment and Training Program unless a specified exemption is met.

Where do households go to apply for food & nutrition services?

Contact the Rutherford County Department of Social Services. The office is located at: 389 Fairground Road, Spindale, NC 28160 or you may call the DSS Food & Nutrition Office at (828) 287-6165. The office is open Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm.

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