North Carolina EBT Discounts and Perks 2023

EBT Discounts, Food Stamps Discounts, North Carolina Food Stamps

If you are a North Carolina EBT cardholder and just use your EBT card to buy food at approved retail locations, you are missing out on a lot of perks. In this post, we will list the North Carolina EBT discounts available to you.

Yes, your food stamps card comes with amazing perks and discounts that most cardholders don’t know about.

All you have to do to take advantage of these discounts and perks is to present your EBT card at the participating locations listed below.

This includes close to a 50% discount on Amazon Prime membership. Some of the great benefits of Amazon Prime include:

Free Same-Day Delivery
Free Two-Hour Delivery
Get Paid for No-Rush Delivery
Free Music
Free Books, Magazines, Audiobooks
Binge on Your Favorite Shows
Early Access to Lightning Deals
Whole Foods Discounts and Delivery
Membership Sharing
Amazon Prime Day Deals
Free Delivery to Your Car
Prime Pantry’s Flat Fee
Unlimited Photo Storage (Videos and Documents, Too)

Furthermore, You also may qualify for free or discounted cell phone or home phone plans under the Federal lifeline program as described in details below.

In addition, there are also discounted home internet services for those who qualify.

Also, your Benefit Security Card gives you discounted or FREE access to museums and other great family-friendly places in the state of North Carolina.

In this post, we are going to share all the exciting North Carolina EBT discounts, perks, and free stuff available to cardholders.

National EBT Discounts:

Below are the discounts that are available to all EBT Cardholders across the United States, that can also be redeemed by North Carolina EBT Card Holders.

Amazon Prime EBT Discount

If you have a Benefit Security Card, you can now sign up for Amazon Prime EBT Discount and get all the great benefits that come with Prime membership, at a fraction of the cost.

The regular Amazon Prime membership is $12.99 a month. However, if you have an EBT Card, you can get Prime Membership for $5.99. That’s over 50% off the regular price.

Given that Amazon is part of the USDA pilot of vendors approved to accept food stamps online for delivery, prime membership allows you to order groceries through Amazon Pantry in certain parts of the country.

If you are not sure if the Amazon Prime EBT Discount is worth it, here is a summary of the what you get with your Amazon Prime membership:

FREE, Fast Delivery on Millions of Items

With Amazon Prime membership, you get fast, free shipping on over 50 million eligible items on Amazon.com. They have also rolled out a program recently that allows people who live in certain metropolitan areas to get FREE Same-Day Delivery on over a million items and FREE 2-hour delivery with Prime Now on daily essentials and groceries.

Instantly Stream TV Shows and Movies

One of the most popular features is the instant streaming of TV Shows and Movies. Your Prime membership includes instant access to thousands of movies and TV shows at no additional cost. You can stream all these on select Smart TVs, Roku, Xbox, Amazon Fire TV, iPhones, tablets, and Android devices.

Other Benefits of Amazon Prime

Buy groceries online with your EBT Card through Amazon Pantry for delivery (in states where this is available)
Over two million songs. Thousands of playlists and stations (On-demand, ad-free music streaming)
Books, Magazines & More (Unlimited reading on any device)
Original audio series from Audible (Unlimited listening to original audio series)
Twitch Prime (Get free game content every month, exclusive discounts, plus loads more)
All your photos, together at last (Free unlimited photo storage)

North Carolina EBT Discounts:

Lifeline Program

If you are currently on Food Stamps/EBT Cardholder, and your income is below a certain level, you may qualify for FREE or low-cost home or cell phone service for you or a member of your family through the Federal Lifeline Program, which serves nearly 13 million Americans.

The Lifeline program helps to lower the monthly cost of phone and internet service. Eligible customers will get at least $9.25 toward their monthly bill. You can only use Lifeline for either phone or internet service, but not both.

Discounted Cell Phone Services

Below is a list of cell phone providers that participate in the Lifeline program in the state of North Carolina.

Company Name	Phone
Assurance Wireless	888-898-4888
Safelink Wireless	800-723-3546
Access Wireless	866-594-3644

Discounted Home Phone Services

Below is a list of home phone providers that participate in the Lifeline program in the state of North Carolina.

Company Name	Phone
Frontier Communications	800-921-8101
ATMC	910-754-4311
Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation	336-877-3111
Global Connection of America	877-511-3009
North State Telephone Company	866-542-5900
TDS Telecom/Barnardsville Telephone Company	888-225-5837
TDS Telecom/Saluda Mountain Telephone Co.	888-225-5837
Windstream Communications	800-347-1991
Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation	336-463-5022
Tri-County Telephone Membership Corporation	252-964-8000
Pineville Telephone Company	704-889-2001
Surry Telephone Membership Corporation	800-235-5007
Wilkes Telecommunications	336-973-3103
CenturyLink	800-407-5411
Citizens Telephone Company	888-403-2667
Ellerbe Telephone Company	910-582-6244
Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation	336-787-5433
TDS Telecom/Service Telephone Co.	888-225-5837
Randolph Communications	336-879-5684
AT&T	855-301-0355
Star Telephone Membership Corporation	800-706-6538

Discounted Internet Service

The new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides discounted internet to EBT Cardholders. The program provides households with a $30 discount on their internet service each month.

Plus, you could also get a one-time $100 discount on the purchase of an eligible laptop, desktop or tablet.

You can combine the $30 ACP internet credit with your Lifeline phone service to save even more on your phone and internet bill each month.

To find out how to apply, check out our article here.

ACP Internet Providers in North Carolina

Currently, North Carolina has 73 ACP internet providers. We’ve provided a list of all the North Carolina companies offering discounted internet to EBT Cardholders below.

North Carolina Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Internet Providers
Internet Provider Name	Type of Service	Offers Connected Laptop, Desktop or Tablet
Access Wireless	Mobile	No
Assurance Wireless	Mobile	Yes
AT&T	Fixed or Mobile	No
Atlantic Telephone Membership (ATMC)	Fixed	No
Belhaven Cable TV	Fixed	No
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation	Fixed	No
Boftech	Fixed or Mobile	No
Boost Mobile	Mobile	Yes
Boss Wireless	Mobile	No
Carolina West Wireless	Fixed or Mobile	No
Cathect Communications	Fixed or Mobile	Yes
CenturyLink	Fixed	No
City Communications	Fixed or Mobile	Yes
CloudWyze	Fixed	No
Comcast (Xfinity)	Fixed	No
CoMPAS Cable	Fixed	No
Comporium	Fixed	No
Cox	Fixed	Yes
Earthlink	Fixed or Mobile	No
Eastern Carolina Broadband	Fixed	No
Excess Telecom	Mobile	Yes
Foundation for California Community Colleges	Mobile	No
Frontier Communications	Fixed	No
Gen Mobile	Mobile	Yes
good2go mobile	Mobile	No
Google Fiber	Fixed	No
Go Technology Management	Mobile	No
Horry Telephone Cooperative	Fixed	No
Hotwire Communication	Fixed	No
Hughes Network Systems	Fixed	No
human-I-T	Mobile	Yes
InfinityLink Communications	Fixed	No
Infinity Mobile	Mobile	No
Lingo	Fixed	No
Locality Networks	Fixed	No
Maxsip Telecom	Fixed or Mobile	Yes
Mcleanics Technology Corporation	Fixed	Yes
Mediacom	Fixed	No
Metro by T-Mobile	Mobile	Yes
Mint Mobile	Mobile	No
Net-change.com	Fixed	No
North American Local	Mobile	Yes
North State Telephone Company	Fixed	No
PCs for People	Mobile	Yes
PTC Communications	Fixed	No
Q Link Wireless	Mobile	Yes
Randolph Communications	Fixed	No
Ready Wireless	Mobile	No
RiverStreet Networks	Fixed	No
Roanoke Connect	Fixed	No
Sano Health	Mobile	No
Selectel Wireless	Mobile	Yes
SkyLine Telephone Membership Corporation	Fixed	No
Skyrunner	Fixed	No
Spectrum (Charter)	Fixed	No
StandUp Wireless	Mobile	Yes
Star Communications	Fixed	No
Suddenlink	Fixed	No
Surry Telephone Membership Corporation	Fixed	No
Ting Internet	Fixed	No
T-Mobile USA	Fixed or Mobile	No
TNC Communications	Fixed or Mobile	Yes
TOAST.net Internet Service	Fixed	No
Torch Wireless	Mobile	Yes
TracFone Wireless	Mobile	No
TruConnect	Mobile	Yes
U.S. Cellular	Fixed or Mobile	No
UVNV	Mobile	No
Verizon	Fixed or Mobile	No
Vyve Broadband	Fixed	No
Wilkes Communications	Fixed	No
Windstream	Fixed	Yes
Yadtel	Fixed	No

Discounted Museums Admission

As an EBT cardholder in North Carolina, you also get discounted or FREE access to museums and other great family-friendly places. We have compiled the list below for your convenience.

The North Carolina Museums listed below all offer individual admission fees ranging from FREE to $3.00 to individuals and families who have an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, and a valid form of photo ID.

The offer covers up to four individuals per EBT card, which means that if you have a family of 4, you can use your North Carolina EBT card to get the special discounted rate or the free admission for all four members.

These rates are available during all normal operating hours. We advise that you call the museum first before you go – so that you can find out what their special rate is for EBT Cardholders (whether it’s free admission or $3).

Here is the list of participating Museums:

Discovery Place KIDS – Huntersville

105 Gilead Rd.

Huntersville, North Carolina 28078

704-372-6261

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Discovery Place

301 N. Tryon St.

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

704-372-6261

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