Hunger and Family Support
Find food assistance programs, family resources, and community services focused on reducing hunger and supporting household stability.
Hunger and Family Support
National School Lunch Program
A federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.
School Breakfast Program
A program that provides reimbursement to states to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.
Special Milk Program
The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions who do not participate in other federal meal service programs. The program reimburses schools for the milk they serve.
Child and Adult Care Food Program
A federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers and day care homes.
Summer Food Service Program
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally-funded, state-administered program. SFSP reimburses program operators who serve free healthy meals and snacks to children and teens in low-income areas.
Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition is a USDA initiative to support the child nutrition programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.
Community Food Systems
The Office of Community Food Systems helps child nutrition program operators incorporate local foods in the National School Lunch Program and its associated programs, as well as the Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program. In addition, OCFS staff works with tribal communities to respond to their desire to better incorporate traditional foods into meal programs.
Immediate Food Assistance
Call the USDA National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) or 1-877-8-HAMBRE (1-877-842-6273). Information is available in English and Spanish. The hotline operates Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM Eastern Time. Contact community or religious organizations to find a local food bank or food pantry.
Feeding America
Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries and local meal programs. Our common goal is simple: help people get the food and resources they need to thrive.
No Kid Hungry
No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successfully investing in local nonprofits and helping find the best approaches to eradicating poverty and hunger, Share Our Strength launched No Kid Hungry in 2010.
Featured Resource of the Month
Feeding America
Mission:
Hunger is a big challenge, but together we can solve it. We approach ending food insecurity from every angle. We make hea;thy food easier to access. We help families feel financially secure. We support laws that make food available to everyone. The Feeding America nationwide network of food banks and pantries makes a difference. Together, we can create a future where everyone thrives.
Key Activities:
Hunger action month, advocacy, research, mobile pantries, research.
