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The federal government funds a number of food assistance programs for people with a limited income. The programs are operated by state and local agencies using nationwide eligibility rules.
Food programs that are funded by the federal government through state agencies include:
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): formerly known as Food Stamps.
- To learn more, see Food Stamps.
- Meal delivery programs serving people who are basically homebound and who meet local eligibility requirements.
- 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 (60 and over) is the only factor to determine if you are eligible.
- To learn more, see Nutrition Program For The Elderly.
- 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.
- For informaiton, 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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