NORTH PORT — The state Department of Children and Families office near Kmart in Murdock will relocate to the North Port Commons effective July 1, DCF officials announced Friday.

Clients applying for food assistance, Medicaid and temporary cash assistance through the Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency, or ACCESS, system still will be able to do so throughout the move. Paper applications will be accepted June 30 in Murdock, with online applications resuming July 1 at the North Port location at 14830 Tamiami Trail, Suite 14806, according to Natalie Harrell, DCF’s regional communications director for the SunCoast Region.