Other Food Assistance Resources | Department of Human Services | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Other Food Assistance Resources | Department of Human Services | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Other Food Assistance Resources
Other Commonwealth Resources
Food Banks
Feeding Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania member food banks offer food assistance services in each county through a network of nearly 3,000 local charitable partners — including food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters.
Find a food bank near you
PA WIC
The Pennsylvania Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and social services for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children.
Learn more about WIC
School Nutrition Programs
The Pennsylvania Department of Education supports school meal programs that provide students with nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and snacks to help them stay focused and healthy throughout the school day.
School Nutrition Programs
State Food Purchase Program (SFPP)
Pennsylvania’s State Food Purchase Program helps food banks and local agencies buy and distribute nutritious food to low-income families, especially in areas where other resources may be limited.
State Food Purchase Program (SFPP)
Farmers Market Nutrition Program
The WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provide WIC recipients and low income seniors with fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers' in Pennsylvania.
Farmers Market Nutrition Program
PA Senior Food Box Program
If you are over the age of 60 and your income is below 130 percent of the U.S. poverty level, you may be eligible to receive a monthly box of healthy, non-perishable foods.
PA Senior Food Box Program
Additional State Resources
PA 211
If you need to connect with resources in your community, but don't know where to look, PA 211 is a great place to start. The United Way offers help finding food assistance, as well as other services such as help with utilities bill, housing assistance, after-school programs for kids, and more. You can dial 211 or text your zip code to 898-211 to talk with a resource specialist for free. Our specialists will listen to your needs and give you information on programs in your community that might be able to help.
Feeding Pennsylvania
Feeding Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania member food banks offer food assistance services in each county through a network of nearly 3,000 local charitable partners — including food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters. Please contact them directly for assistance or to find out how you can help support their mission.
Senior Community Centers
Free, nutritious meals are available to individuals who are age 60 or older, and their spouses. Meals can also be delivered directly to eligible individuals' homes. Learn more about congregate and home delivered meals by calling your county Area Agency on Aging. Free meals are available at more than 600 senior community centers in Pennsylvania.
Federal Food Resources
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes commonly consumed foods available to state distributing agencies. The state agencies then provide the food to local organizations that directly serve the public (food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, etc.). These local organizations distribute the food to eligible recipients or use them to prepare and serve meals in a congregate setting.
Emergency Food Assistance Program
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
The population served by CSFP is similar to that served by WICO, but CSFP also serves older Pennsylvanians and provides food packages rather than the food vouchers that WIC participants receive. Those who are eligible cannot participate in both programs at the same time. CSFP food packages do not provide a complete diet, but rather are good sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the target population. Food packages include infant formula and cereal, non-fat dry and evaporated milk, juice, oats, pasta, peanut butter, canned meat, tuna, or poultry, and canned fruits and vegetables.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Other Food Assistance Resources
Other Commonwealth Resources
Food Banks
Feeding Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania member food banks offer food assistance services in each county through a network of nearly 3,000 local charitable partners — including food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters.
Find a food bank near you
PA WIC
The Pennsylvania Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and social services for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children.
Learn more about WIC
School Nutrition Programs
The Pennsylvania Department of Education supports school meal programs that provide students with nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and snacks to help them stay focused and healthy throughout the school day.
School Nutrition Programs
State Food Purchase Program (SFPP)
Pennsylvania’s State Food Purchase Program helps food banks and local agencies buy and distribute nutritious food to low-income families, especially in areas where other resources may be limited.
State Food Purchase Program (SFPP)
Farmers Market Nutrition Program
The WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provide WIC recipients and low income seniors with fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers' in Pennsylvania.
Farmers Market Nutrition Program
PA Senior Food Box Program
If you are over the age of 60 and your income is below 130 percent of the U.S. poverty level, you may be eligible to receive a monthly box of healthy, non-perishable foods.
PA Senior Food Box Program
Additional State Resources
PA 211
If you need to connect with resources in your community, but don't know where to look, PA 211 is a great place to start. The United Way offers help finding food assistance, as well as other services such as help with utilities bill, housing assistance, after-school programs for kids, and more. You can dial 211 or text your zip code to 898-211 to talk with a resource specialist for free. Our specialists will listen to your needs and give you information on programs in your community that might be able to help.
Feeding Pennsylvania
Feeding Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania member food banks offer food assistance services in each county through a network of nearly 3,000 local charitable partners — including food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters. Please contact them directly for assistance or to find out how you can help support their mission.
Senior Community Centers
Free, nutritious meals are available to individuals who are age 60 or older, and their spouses. Meals can also be delivered directly to eligible individuals' homes. Learn more about congregate and home delivered meals by calling your county Area Agency on Aging. Free meals are available at more than 600 senior community centers in Pennsylvania.
Federal Food Resources
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes commonly consumed foods available to state distributing agencies. The state agencies then provide the food to local organizations that directly serve the public (food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, etc.). These local organizations distribute the food to eligible recipients or use them to prepare and serve meals in a congregate setting.
Emergency Food Assistance Program
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
The population served by CSFP is similar to that served by WICO, but CSFP also serves older Pennsylvanians and provides food packages rather than the food vouchers that WIC participants receive. Those who are eligible cannot participate in both programs at the same time. CSFP food packages do not provide a complete diet, but rather are good sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the target population. Food packages include infant formula and cereal, non-fat dry and evaporated milk, juice, oats, pasta, peanut butter, canned meat, tuna, or poultry, and canned fruits and vegetables.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program