Here are some resources and programs in the Manhattan area related to hunger:
Federal/State Programs
SNAP – Provides supplemental income for purchasing food
WIC – Provides food assistance for Women/Infants/Children
USDA Food Commodity Program – The Commodity Supplemental Food Programs is a Federally funded program, which works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods.
State Level Programs
Harvester’s Mobile Food Distribution
Westview Community Church/Harvester’s – First Friday food distribution
Local Programs
Flint Hills Breadbasket – Food pantry, backpack programs, and other food distribution
Senior Center – Lunch is available Monday through Friday for a reduced cost for seniors
United Church of Christ -Meal on Sunday evenings
Grace Baptist Church – Food pantry on Tuesday afternoons
First Lutheran Church – Food pantry on Wednesday afternoons
Seven Dolors – Food pantry on Thursday afternoons
First Presbyterian Church – Food pantry on Friday afternoons
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church – La Cocina Alegra (Happy Kitchen) on Tuesday and Friday mornings
Manhattan Emergency Shelter Home Cooked Food Program – Food program for shelter residents
CROP Walk – Fundraiser
Manhattan Community Gardens – Community members can reserve garden plots to supplement food budgets by growing food
Crisis Center – Shelter residents are provided food
CSA Program – Weekly bulk purchases for produce to keep costs down
