Hunger Awareness: Organizations and Programs

A PDF Fargo-Moorhead food resource guide.

Is a free, confidential service available to anyone 24/7/365 for listening and support, referrals to resources/help, and crisis intervention.

All are welcome at the café which provides healthy meals incorporating locally grown, fresh food and operates under a pay-what-you-can model.

Works to help people increase access to nutritious foods by assisting households with accessing SNAP (Food Support) benefits through application assistance, outreach and education. They also provide food distribution events such as Mobile Food Drops and the Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS).

The Dean of Students Office coordinates several resources to assist students facing financial or food insecurity including Dragon Pantry, Swipe Out Hunger, and Student Emergency Assistance Grants.

MN counties served: Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona

WI counties served: La Crosse

MN counties served: Clay County

ND counties served: Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Grant, Griggs, Hettinger, Kidder, La Moure, Logan, Mc Henry, Mc Intosh, Mc Kenzie, Mc Lean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Ransom, Renville, Richland, Rolette, Sargent, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Steele, Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward, Wells, Williams

MN counties served: Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake Of The Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin

MN counties served: Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Cottonwood, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mc Leod, Martin, Meeker, Morrison, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pine, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Swift, Todd, Washington, Watonwan, Wright, Yellow Medicine

WI counties served: Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Washburn

MN counties served: Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Mille Lacs

MN counties served: Carlton, Cook, Lake, St. Louis

WI counties served: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron

Is a nationwide network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. They provide food and support to over 40 million people annually.

Is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hunger.

Supports Native communities nationally with advocacy, education, and networking as they revitalize their indigenous food systems.

Get information on food assistance programs for certain individuals and groups. Programs include SNAP, WIC, the National School Lunch Program and more.