Programs and resources for addressing hunger and food security issues.
Food and Nutrition Assistance
Spotlights
Nutrition Assistance Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education.
Older Americans Act Nutrition ProgramDHHS. Administration on Aging.
Find Elderly Nutrition Program information, including contact information for State Agency on Aging Nutritionists/Administrators.
Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength.
One of the nation's leading anti-hunger, anti-poverty organizations, works with individuals in the culinary industry to organize events, host dinners, teach cooking and nutrition classes to low-income families, and serve as anti-hunger advocates.
America's Second HarvestAmerica's Second Harvest
The Nation's Food Bank Network is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization with a network of more than 200 regional member food banks and food rescue programs.
Hunger and Food SecurityUSDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Addresses food security through Land-Grant University System partnerships, federally funded state nutrition education programs, grant-funded private nonprofits addressing community food security issues, and partnerships across USDA.
Food Research and Action CenterFood Research and Action Center
FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research and public policy center that serves as the hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals and agencies across the country.
World Food Programme
United Nations. World Food Programme.
As the food aid arm of the UN, WFP uses its food to meet emergency needs and support economic & social development. The Agency also provides the logistics support necessary to get food aid to the right people at the right time and in the right place.
Food Security Action ResourcesUSDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Resources from USDA/FNS to assist professionals working to combat food insecurity.
Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Database
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Studies and evaluates food assistance program outcomes, operations and integrity, vulnerable populations, the relationship between food assistance programs and the general economy, and food security in the United States.