Eligible MAAME clients can now receive $80 per month to purchase fruits and vegetables with Eat Well

Eat Well

Eat Well offers $80 per month for fruits and vegetables to eligible MAAME clients.

After enrollment, you will receive a prepaid debit card in the mail from Eat Well. The card takes about 10-20 days to arrive in the mail. When you receive the card, activate the card by following the instructions in the welcome packet. You can activate the card by phone or in the app.

Once the card is activated, you will have access to $80 per month for the duration of the prescription. Program duration depends on the available funding. Participants will be notified in advance of the end of the program. Your card can only be used to purchase fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables with no added salts, sugars or fats.

Participating Eat Well retailers include Food Lion, Wal-Mart, and Dollar General. Fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and vegetables can be purchased.

  • Participants receive up to $80/mo to purchase fruits and vegetables for as long as they are eligible.

  • Funds are restricted to the purchase of fruits and vegetables.

  • Participants spend their funds at participating retailers.

  • Participants can choose their own fruits and vegetables to purchase.

  • Participants can spend their funds over multiple trips to the grocery store.

If you have trouble using your Eat Well card, contact us and we’ll resolve the issue.

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Where can I shop?

Eat Well funds can be redeemed at any Food Lion, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Walgreens, and CVS in North Carolina.


What can I buy?

Eligible items include fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and vegetables without added salt, sugar, or fat. The frozen and canned items with the blue WIC label are eligible.


Do the funds carry over from month to month?

Unused Eat Well funds do not carry over from month to month.