WIC - Women, Infants, and Children: WIC safeguards the health of women, infants, and children up to age 5 by providing supplemental foods, nutrition education, and healthcare referrals.

Farmers Market Nutrition Program: Eligible WIC participants are issued FMNP coupons in addition to their regular WIC benefits. These coupons can be used to buy eligible foods from farmers, farmers markets or roadside stands that have been approved by the state agency to accept FMNP coupons.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of families in need so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.

Child Nutrition Programs: Learn about programs that offer food and nutrition assistance for children, including the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.

Food Distribution Programs: Learn about USDA commodity distribution programs, including The Emergency Food Assistance Program and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.

Food Assistance: Find more food assistance programs.

Connect with your local food bank through Feeding America's website:

https://www.feedingamerica.org/need-help-find-food

Food banks have relationships with food pantries, emergency ("soup") kitchens, and other food access programs in your local community to help you access free food.

USDA Local Food Directory: https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/

Find a Farmers Market: https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_farmersmarket/?source=fe&directory=farmersmarket&location=&x=&y=

Healthy food prescription and Medically Tailored Meals (MTMs) may be a covered benefit under your health insurance plan. Talk to your medical team and verify your benefits by calling your health insurance provider.

If you are in need of health insurance, visit https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/ to learn about free or low-cost health coverage.

DID YOU KNOW? Many platforms, including Instacart, accept EBT payments.

Visit Instacart to learn more: https://www.instacart.com/ebt-snap

USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse aides individuals or communities by providing food assistance and other nutrition and social services information. If you need food assistance:

• Call the USDA National Hunger Hotline, which operates from 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time at 1-866-3-HUNGRY or 1-877-8-HAMBRE to speak with a representative who will find food resources such as meal sites, food banks, and other social services available near your location.

• Text the automated service at 914-342-7744 with a question that may contain a keyword such as “food," “summer,” “meals,” etc. to receive an automated response to resources located near an address and/or zip code.