Federal Food Programs

Federal Food Programs provide important health and nutrition benefits to children, women, the elderly, and families in need.

The most common federal food program is SNAP (Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly Food Stamps). Today in the United States, more than 45.7 million people use the SNAP Program to feed themselves and their families.

Apply for Federal Food Assistance Programs:

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• The Emergency Food Assistance Program
• Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
• Food Help for Disaster Relief
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
• Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
• School Meals
• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
• Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

 

 

The Hotline is operated Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm EST. If you call after business hours, leave a message and they will call you back.

Website: http://www.whyhunger.org/findfood

The National Hunger Hotline can connect you to food and local programs. Referrals are for:

• Food Banks
• Food Pantries
• Meals on Wheels
• WIC (Woman, Infants and Children)
• Farmers Market Nutrition Program
• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps)
• Commodities Supplemental Food Program (Seniors or Mothers with Young Children)
• Summer Food Service Project (free meals for kids in the summer)

 

For additional food bank locations, you can visit the Feeding America Food Bank Locator: http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx

 

If your state/city isn’t listed, call National Hunger Hotline at 1.866.3hungry (1.866.348.6479):

ARIZONA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
4043 W. Kitty Hawk, #5
Chandler, AZ 85226
Phone: (480) 788-1050
Fax: (866) 384-1009
phoenix@stophungernow.org

CALIFORNIA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
1567 Alverado Street
San Leandro CA 94577
Phone: (408) 458-8455
bayarea@stophungernow.org

FLORIDA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
6782 North Orange Blossom Trail, Suite D5/D6
Orlando, FL 32810
Phone: (321) 445-1252
Fax: (866) 326-0411
orlando@stophungernow.org

GEORGIA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
1000 Williams Drive, Suite 1022
Marietta, GA 30066
Phone: (404) 461-9581
Fax: (866) 298-7603
atlanta@stophungernow.org

ILLINOIS
Feeding America
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (800) 771-2303
Fax: (312) 263-5626

KENTUCKY
Blessings in a Backpack
4121 Shelbyville Rd
Louisville, KY 40207

MASSACHUSETTS
Oxfam America
226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114-2206

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
34 St. Martin Drive, Suite 7 Building 3
Marlborough, MA 01752
Phone: (508) 251-9966
newengland@stophungernow.org

NEW JERSEY
EndHungerNJ.COM to locate food pantries and soup kitchens in New Jersey

Cathedral Assembly By The Shore (Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
415 Fourth Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ  07712
Phone: (732) 775-1696

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church (Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
155 Prospect Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Phone: (732) 774-3069

St. George Greek Orthodox (Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
700 Grand Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Phone: (732) 775 – 2777

Trinity Episcopal Last Resort Pantry (Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
503 Asbury Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Phone: (732) 775-5084

Bound Brook Corps (Food Pantry)
108 Hamilton Street
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
Phone: (732) 748-1146

Reformed Church of Bound Brook
113 Clinton Street
South Bound Brook, NJ 08880
Phone: (732) 356-9345

Foodbank Network of Somerset (Food Pantry)
9 Easy Street
Bridgewater. NJ 08807
Phone: (732) 560-1813

Street S.M.A.R.T. (Outreach) (Food Pantry)
49 Brahma Avenue
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone: (908) 526-6605

Camden Food Not Bombs
foodnotbombscamden@yahoo.com
www.lifenetradio.org
Meals on Sundays

Hoboken Food Not Bombs
P.O. Box 713
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: (973) 357-0917
foodnotbombs_hoboken@hotmail .com

Jersey City Food Not Bombs
JerseyCityFNB@gmail.com

Ebenezer Baptist Church (Soup Kitchen)
126 Lee Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 247-2459, (732) 846-6742

Elijah’s Promise (Soup Kitchen)
18 Neilson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 545-9002 x11, x16

New Brunswick Food Not Bombs
NBfoodnotbombs@hotmail.com
They hold servings every Tuesday at 9 a.m. on French Street and Jersey Avenue in the park, come out and help distribute free coffee, bread and legal information to hungry Latino workers and the homeless.

Feed The Children Distribution Center
1111 Corporate Road
North Brunswick NJ 08902
Phone: (732) 565-0136

First Baptist Church of Woodbridge (Homeless Shelter/Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
130 Sewaren Avenue
Sewaren, NJ 08861
Phone: (732) 750-9475

Franklin Township Food Pantry
60 Millstone Road
Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone: (732) 246-0009

Kosher Food Assistance (Food Pantry)
150-A W. High Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: (908) 725-7799

Samaritan Homeless Interim Program (Soup Kitchen)
87 E. High Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: (908) 393-9545

Somerville Area Fish (Food Pantry)
P.O. Box 6288
Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: (908) 725-5556

St. Peters Episcopal Church (Soup Kitchen)
505 Main Street
Spotswood, NJ 08884
Phone: (732) 249-6861, (732) 251-2449

Rescue Mission Of Trenton (Soup Kitchen)
98 Carroll Street
Trenton, NJ 08609
Phone: (609) 695-1436 x112 or 3

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) (Soup Kitchen)
72-1/2 Escher Street
Trenton, NJ 08609
Phone: (609) 695-5456

Trenton Food Not Bombs c/o PSA
BSC 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
trentonfnb@yahoo.com

Lunch Break (Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen)
121 James Parker Boulevard
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Phone: (732) 747-8577

Meal At Noon (Soup Kitchen)
93 Liberty Street
Long Branch, NJ 07740
Phone: (732) 229-1188

NEW MEXICO
Food Not Bombs Menu Office
1237 Cardenas Lane
El Prado, NM 87529

NEW YORK
Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA
247 West 37th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 967-7800
Toll free: (877) 777-1420
Fax: (212) 967-5480

WhyHunger (World Hunger Year that Harry Chapin started)
505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2100
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 629-8850

NORTH CAROLINA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
10825-B Texland Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (704) 966-6516
Fax: (866) 691-2215
charlotte@stophungernow.org

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
3200 Wellington Court, Suite 111
Raleigh, NC 27615
Phone: (919) 954-6480
Fax: (866) 788-8309
raleigh@stophungernow.org

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
2428 Greenville Hwy
Kinston, NC 28501
Phone: (252) 525-4772
Fax: (866) 403-6467
easternnorthcarolina@stophungernow.org

OKLAHOMA
Feed The Children
P.O. Box 36
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
Phone: (800) 627-4556

PENNSYLVANIA
Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
5301 Tacony Street, #210 Section 1
Philadelphia, PA 19137
Phone: (215) 990-6958
philadelphia@stophungernow.org

VIRGINIA
End Hunger Network (Jeff Bridges’ organization)
3819 Hunt Manor Drive
Fairfax VA 22033
Phone: (703) 860-1273

Food For All
3101 Park Center Drive, Suite 108
Alexandria, VA 22302
Phone: (571) 970-2947 and (571) 970-2949
Toll-Free: (888) 960-6435
Fax: (571) 970-2951

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
3107 Odd Fellows Road, Unit B-1
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Phone: (434) 485-5028
lynchburg@stophungernow.org

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
4575 Progress Road, Suite C
Norfolk, VA 23502
Phone: (757) 858-8080
Fax: (757) 858-8850
hamptonroads@stophungernow.org

Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Office
5022 Byrd Industrial Drive
Richmond, VA 23231
Phone: (804) 381-6503
Fax: (866) 643-9271
richmond@stophungernow.org

WASHINGTON, DC
Alliance to End Hunger
425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: (202) 639-9400
Fax: (202) 639-9401

Bread for the World
425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20024
(800) 822-7323

Feeding America
1150 18th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (800) 771-2303

Oxfam America
1100 15th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005