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  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
    The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children - better known as WIC - safeguards the health of low-income women, infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating and referrals to health care.

  • Nutrition Programs for Seniors
    This program, also known as Farm Market Fresh for Seniors, gives eligible seniors $50 of free, locally grown fresh fruits, vegetables and cut herbs during the growing season. The program is available in limited localities in Virginia. Contact your local Area Agency on Aging, call the Virginia Department for the Aging at (800) 552-3402 or consult the Farm Fresh for Seniors brochure for more information.

  • Food Stamps
    The Food Stamp Program serves as the first line of defense against hunger. It enables low-income families to buy nutritious food using Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Food stamp recipients use their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores.

  • School Meals - National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
    NSLP is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.

  • Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
    SFSP is the single largest federal resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a feeding program with a summer activity program. Children do not have to go hungry in the summer. This program supplants school breakfast and lunch programs.

  • The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
    TEFAP is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income needy persons, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance.

  • Food Banks
    The Federation of Virginia Food Banks provides more than 45 million pounds of food and products 2,900 member agencies that serve hungry Virginians. The member agencies assist soup kitchens, after-school programs, senior centers and elderly feeding programs, Kids Café, Head Start, transitional housing, mental health programs, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and individual households on a regular basis. It also assists victims of disasters and emergencies. Food banks provided more than two million pounds of food and supplies to those impacted by Hurricane Isabel.

  • Home Delivered (Meals on Wheels)
    Meals are provided to frail older adults over age 60 who are homebound and meet eligibility criteria. The service provides a nutritious noontime meal delivered by an Area Agency on Aging staff member or volunteer who also checks on the older adult’s well-being.


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