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Hunger Relief Agency Hub
Welcome Food Providers! This page is intended for interested parties and current WSDA Food Assistance Lead Agencies and Sub Agencies alike.
Select your program for more information related to your implementation of the program, including expectations, requirements, due dates, forms, and if applicable, procedure manuals.
Select your program for more information related to your implementation of the program, including expectations, requirements, due dates, forms, and if applicable, procedure manuals.
Provides nutritious food packages to lower-income people 60 years of age and over (limited availability). Serves approximately 5,463 seniors each month (65,556 visits per year). Funded by USDA and established in 2001.
Provides funding to local food banks and food pantries, including tribal food pantries, to provide food to lower-income Washingtonians and people experiencing homelessness. Funds can cover expenses such as food, operations, training, equipment, and repairs. Participating agencies serve approximately 2.2 million people each year (13.4 million visits). Funded by the State of Washington and established in 1986.
Provides funding to tribal food banks and food pantries to provide food to lower-income Washingtonians and people experiencing homelessness. In addition to EFAP-Tribal food pantry programs, funding may be used to support the costs of operating the tribal voucher program. Serves approximately 4,000 tribal members each year. Funded by the State of Washington and established in 1992.
Funds long-term relationships between hunger relief organizations and small-scale farmers for the procurement and distribution of fresh local produce, dairy, grains, and proteins to the community. Funded by the State of Washington and established in 2014 in partnership with Harvest Against Hunger.
Provides funds to hunger relief organizations and tribes participating in Food Assistance core programs to support purchases of local foods for distribution to rural, remote, and underserved communities. The funding aims to improve supply chain resiliency by supporting local and regional partnerships between socially disadvantaged farmers, producers, ranchers, and underserved communities. Funded by USDA-AMS and established in 2022, anticipated to run through 2025.
Competitive grant funds support hunger relief organizations and tribes responding to COVID-19 and its longer-term effects. Funded by Washington State Legislature and Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (part of the American Rescue Plan Act) and established in 2021.
Provides USDA Foods to hunger relief organizations that distribute food for household use and prepared meals. Income eligibility for household use is 400% or below the federal poverty level. Provides limited operational funding to support the distribution of over 135 types of food including, fresh, frozen, and shelf stable. Serves over 850,000 people each month. Funded by USDA and established in 1981.
Provides funding to hunger relief organizations to reduce food waste by supporting harvesting, packing, processing, and/or distributing donated foods from farmers and growers to emergency food organizations. Funded by USDA and established in 2019, anticipated to be reauthorized in the Farm Bill.
Supports TEFAP hunger relief organizations to expand the reach of TEFAP to remote, rural, tribal, lower-income, and underserved areas. These short-term grants can pay for equipment, operational costs, and client services. Funded by USDA and established in 2022, anticipated to run through 2025.
