Nearly 1,000 hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will benefit this week from a new disaster aid program that employs a model not commonly used by philanthropy in the United States: Giving people rapid,

Florida residents impacted by Hurricane Helene or Milton, including those whose refrigerated food spoiled during power outages, may be eligible for food aid. While the assistance is called the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

AI is helping a philanthropic organization give $1,000 cash payments to Hurricanes Helene and Milton victims in North Carolina and Florida who need it most. About 1,000 households in areas hit hardest by the hurricanes will start receiving emergency payments from nonprofit GiveDirectly this week.