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• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program): Provides food benefits to eligible individuals and families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being

• SNAP-Ed (SNAP Education): Offers nutrition education and resources to help SNAP participants make healthy food choices on a budget. 

• TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program): Provides 100% American-grown USDA Foods to the Food Bank to distribute to our community partners and neighbors in need

• CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program): Provides reimbursements for meals served to children and youth participating in afterschool care programs

• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children): Provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and health resources to low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women and young children.

• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): Offers free breakfasts and lunches to children during summer months when school meals aren’t available. 

• School Lunch/Breakfast Programs: Provides nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches to children each school day 

• NOEP (Nutrition Outreach and Education Program): Offers one-on-one help applying for SNAP. NOEP coordinators can tell if you may be eligible, help you gather documents you need, and help you with our SNAP application.

• JSY (Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables & SNAP-ed): Promotes healthy eating through interactive nutrition education, cooking lessons, and fruit-and-vegetable-focused recipes. 

• HPNAP (Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program): Provides funding and support to enhance access and availability of nutritious food and additional resources with the goal of empowering individuals to increase their independence from food assistance programs.  

• Nourish New York: Allows New York’s emergency food providers to purchase surplus products from New York farmers and dairy manufacturers and deliver it to New York families in need. 

Support SNAP today! | Send a message at bit.ly/november-snap to tell your federal representatives to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in November.

For every 1 meal that Food Bank of Central New York provides our communities, SNAP provides 9.