Food programs that are funded by the federal government through state agencies include:

• Food Stamps. (To learn more, see Food Stamps).
• Meal delivery programs serving people who are disabled. Eligibility requirements vary by local program. For information, contact the Eldercare Locator at 800.677.1116, or your local disease specific nonprofit organization.
• Nutrition Program for the Elderly (NPE). Age is the only factor to determine if you are eligible. To learn more, see Nutrition Program For The Elderly below.
• Free food packets for needs-based program recipients. For information, contact the needs-based program from which you receive benefits.
• Food purchase vouchers for low income pregnant women and to infants and children up to age 5. To learn more, see: Women, Infants and Children at: www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
• School breakfast, lunch, and summer vacation meals. For information, contact your children's school.
• Food stocking of nonprofit group homes and pantries. For information, contact any organizations that provide services to people who are homeless such as churches and rescue missions or look at www.secondharvest.org or www.foodbank.org/other.htm

For more information on the various programs, see the following site of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (which administers most of the nutrition programs): www.fns.usda.gov/fns/ .

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