North Carolina EBT Discounts and Perks 2020
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.
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.
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.
Sign up for Amazon Prime EBT DiscountIf 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 |
Internet Service
Your EBT card may qualify you for discounted home internet service under the Federal Lifeline program for low-income families and individuals. The program currently provides $9.25 a month per household toward phone or internet service.
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
Discovery Place
301 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
704-372-6261
Discovery Place Nature
1658 Sterling Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209
704.372.6261
Kaleideum – Downtown
390 South Liberty Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
336-723-9111
Kaleideum – North
400 West Hanes Mill Road
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336-767-6730
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
159 Chestnut St
Blowing Rock, North Carolina 28605
828-295-9099
The Children’s Playhouse
400 Tracy Circle
Boone, North Carolina 28607
828-263-0011
Discovery Place KIDS – Rockingham
233 E. Washington St.
Rockingham, North Carolina 28379
910-997-5266
We hope you found our list of North Carolina EBT discounts helpful. If you have any comments, suggestions for other perks or EBT discounts to add, please tell us in the comments section below or contact us.
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