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    How to help your fellow Pennsylvanians

    Due to the federal government shutdown in fall 2025, people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are not receiving their benefits on time.

    This is causing more hardship for the nearly two million Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP to help pay for groceries and on the food banks that provide food to families in their communities.

    If you want to help those affected by delayed SNAP payments and your local food bank, you can donate to Feeding PA's SNAP Relief Fund. This fund allows Feeding PA to make bulk purchases and direct resources to local food banks, pantries, and meal programs that are working hard to feed our neighbors.

    Donate to the SNAP Relief Fund

    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

    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