What is Double Up Food Bucks?

Double Up Food Bucks is a way to get more out of your grocery budget! Every dollar you spend on local fruits and veggies with your SNAP/EBT Card gets doubled, up to $20 extra per day! You can stop in the store and sign up at the register.

The Double Up Food Bucks program is powered by donations. USDA funding ended 8/31/23 and to keep this vital program going, the current need is approximately $4,500 per month; more expected with increased program promotion and use.

Food Insecurity Needs

•  National and local evidence repeatedly shows that DUFB increases participants’ food security status and fruit and vegetable consumption.
• The MountainWise 2022 annual surveys showed that WNC participants consumed more produce than the national average and increased with longer participation in the program.
• Food insecurity levels decreased with longer participation in the program.
• Keeping federal SNAP $ in the local economy and adding new income streams directly benefits local farmers and small, independent food retailers.
• More than $2.4 million in SNAP sales were associated with DUFB customers during the grant period; and more than $284,000 in DUFB incentive dollars.
• With inflation and significant post-COVID reductions in SNAP benefits, DUFB provides a dignified safety net that allows for client choice.
• Our program has a high program satisfaction rate (96%).
• DUFB aligns with existing state and regional health priorities but isn’t receiving the needed investment for sustainability.
• Access to healthy food is a social determinant of health addressed by Medicaid managed care + Healthy Opportunities Pilots, but DUFB is ineligible for reimbursement.
• Food insecurity is a need across WNC and original funding priority for Dogwood Health Trust (DHT) and other foundations that has been replaced by other Health & Wellness priorities