United Way of Palm Beach County's (UWPBC) Hunger Relief Initiative provides you with important news about hunger relief in Palm Beach County. Information is current as of July 10, 2024. Check out what's new and learn about ongoing work below.

Summer BreakSpot (SBS)

The Summer BreakSpot Program provides free, nutritious meals during the summer months for children and teens ages 18 and under to help close the hunger gap when school is out.

Summer BreakSpot operates at locations like schools, nonprofit organizations, parks, libraries, and community centers and reimburses participating organizations for meals. For printable outreach materials, please email us.

Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is a comprehensive package of legislation passed once every five years that has a direct impact on agriculture, food systems, and consumers. It covers programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families.

SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps)

SNAP provides food benefits to eligible families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford nutritious food essential to their health and well-being.

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

WIC provides supplemental foods, healthcare referrals, nutrition education/counseling, breastfeeding support, and more for women, infants, and children (up to age five).

To access more food assistance information and resources, visit our website.

The Palm Beach County Food Finder Map is updated weekly and has been viewed over 413,000 times! Anyone looking for food or helping others find food is encouraged to search locations on the map. You can also get help finding food locations by calling 2-1-1.

A robust food pantry system is the best way to ensure people can access emergency food. Pantries rely mainly on food from local food banks and other donations. Inflation and the end of many COVID-era programs have decreased contributions and food available through the emergency food system. Support your local food bank and pantry system through food donations.

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Palm Beach County Food Bank, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, United Way of Palm Beach County, and community partners broke bread to celebrate the Commercial Kitchen Expansion Project, which has been in the works for over two and a half years.

The new Commercial Kitchen and Produce Processing Facility will be game-changing for food-insecure residents of Palm Beach County. They will be able to produce 10,000 hot, nutritious meals a day for food-insecure children, families, adults, veterans, and seniors.

UWPBC Hunger Relief has been very busy, as usual! To name a few things, we toured Gulfstream Goodwill, participated in a Feeding South Florida nutrition education class at Triple H Ministries, coordinated a Summer Book Drive for kids at Summer BreakSpot sites in conjunction with Emerging Leaders, recorded a podcast with First Haitian Baptist Church in Belle Glade highlighting hunger relief resources in the Glades, and attended the Food Research & Action Center's (FRAC) Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington D.C.

We could not do our work without you! The Hunger Relief Initiative uses the Collective Impact Model to implement the Palm Beach County Hunger Relief Plan and make sustainable, long-term changes to reduce hunger in Palm Beach County. We do this work through our Hunger Relief Advisory Council and the Council's five work groups and two subcommittees. Please send us an email to learn more.

Check out our website for more information on UWPBC's Hunger Relief efforts and how to get involved. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us anytime by calling 561-375-6600 or emailing us.

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