Typhoon recovery continues - the Department of Public Health and Social Services is actively providing food commodity distributions across different locations throughout the island as a means to assist those who lost food due to Typhoon Sinlaku.

Households under the SMAP, Medicaid, or MIP programs, or for those who are with limited services were able to receive food commodities at no cost to them thanks to the the agency's Division of Homelessness Assistance and Poverty Prevention TFAP program.

The distribution kicked off earlier today at Adelup from 9am to 12 pm. According to DPHSS this is part of an accelerated recovery effort to reach households still facing food loss following the storm.

In an interview with KUAM News, Public Health deputy director Amanda Shelton says that although this food distribution was made for individuals who are on public assistance programs it is open to everyone. “It is open to anyone. If you are 300% above the poverty guideline, that means every individual in your house makes no more than $48,000, and we know that is a majority of our families on Guam. So pretty much everybody is eligible, you don’t have to show us proof, we won’t turn you away. We just need you to have a self attestation, you write your name, you sign, how many people in your family, and we will be happy to provide you food while supplies last," she detailed.

Food commodity distribution will continue tomorrow, Friday, April 24, at the Micronesia Mall from 10am to 2pm as a walk-up distribution, and again at the Northern Region Community Health Center in Dededo from 3pm to 6pm as a drive-through distribution.