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Disaster Relief - Insurance
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
If your house has been damaged by a natural disaster - flood, fire, snow/ice, tornado or earthquake - chances are you're on the hunt for a reputable contractor to help with repair and restoration. Inevitably, the demand for qualified contractors after a disaster usually exceeds the supply. Enter the home repair rip-off artist, who may overcharge, perform shoddy work or skip town without finishing your job.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Disaster Assistance - What to Do After A Disaster
(Separate Website)
La conexión para la traducción Española está en la derecha.
By: SC Department of Insurance
Help to Recover from Disasters
(Separate Website)
Recovery is defined as: The return to normal conditions; the process of restoring a community to normal following a major disaster. Activities traditionally associated with providing Federal supplemental disaster recovery assistance under a Presidential major disaster declaration. These activities usually begin within days after the event and continue after the response activities cease.
By: SC Emergency Management Division
Liability Insurance
(Separate Website)
The liability portion of your homeowner's policy is designed to cover unintentional injuries on the premises and unintentional damage to other people's property. In other words, injuries caused by your negligence are covered; those you inflict on purpose are not covered.
Here are a few tips on how to cover yourself adequately. Remember, it takes only one person who is seriously injured by your negligence to generate a huge liability award and deplete your financial nest egg, not to mention your psychological well being.
By: American Bar Association
Brochure 16178 - Food Stamps - Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP) Brochure
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Brochure 2408 - Administrative Disqualification Hearings
(Separate Website)
Information on disqualification from the Food Stamp program. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Brochure 2410 - Fair Hearings
(Separate Website)
If you disagree with an action by DSS or believe there is an unreasonable delay in processing your application for services, you may request a fair hearing. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Brochure 2416 - Know Your Civil Rights in Social Services Programs
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Brochure 2422 - Questions and Answers about Food Stamps
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Brochure 2422 - Questions and Answers about Food Stamps
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Brochure 3352 - Food Stamps: Are you on Supplemental Security Income?
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Do You Qualify for Food Stamps?
(Separate Website)
This website takes you through steps to see if you qualify for food stamps, and if so, how much you can expect to receive.
By: Food USA
Find Your Local Food Bank Program
(Separate Website)
America's Second Harvest is a national network of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue programs that distribute donated food through 50,000 charitable agencies to hungry Americans. Our network serves all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Last year, almost 1.8 billion pounds of food and grocery products were distributed, providing emergency food assistance to more than 23 million hungry Americans. Find your local food bank from this web site.
By: America's Second Harvest
Flyer 24118 - Food Stamps - SC Electronic Benefits Transfer (SCEBT)
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Food Research and Action Center
(Separate Website)
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Food Safety Education
(Separate Website)
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food Stamp Access and Outreach for Immigrants
(Separate Website)
Slide presentation. PDF document (may load slowly).
Food Stamp Calculator
(Separate Website)
This is a Pre-Screening Tool to help you figure out whether you should be getting Food Stamp benefits. Note that this Pre-Screening Tool is not an application for Food Stamps. An application for Food Stamps must be made at your local Food Stamp Office. You can find the location of your local Food Stamp Office on this web site, however.
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food Stamp Facts
(Separate Website)
The food stamp program helps low-income people buy food. Although it is a federal government program, it is run by state or local agencies. These web pages answer the following questions: (1) Who can get food stamps? (2) Resources (things you own) (3) How can you apply for food stamps? (4) How much can you get? (5) Contacting Social Security (6) Food stamps.
By: Social Security Administration
Food Stamp Facts Brochure
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
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