Free Food For Kids All Summer Long

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. Visit the SBS website here.

What is the 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. Learn more about the Farm Bill and how to take action.

Food Support Programs

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. See if you qualify for SNAP.

Women, Infants and Children (WIC): WIC provides supplemental foods, healthcare referrals, nutrition education/counseling, breastfeeding support, and community services for women, infants, and children (up to age five). See if you qualify for WIC.

Fresh Access Bucks (FAB): FAB is a nutrition incentive program for SNAP recipients to receive a dollar-for-dollar match toward fresh Florida-grown fruits and vegetables. Farm-direct or retail partners who might be a good fit for the program can apply here.

GusNIP Site Map: The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Site Map displays where Nutrition Incentive (NI) and Produce Prescription (PPR) sites are located. The map includes different layers that show additional information such as poverty status, race, sex and age groups, low-income areas with limited access to food, and much more.

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

Find Food Near You

The Palm Beach County Food Finder Map is updated weekly and has been viewed over 325,000 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 food programs have decreased contributions and food available through the emergency food system. Support your local food bank and pantry system through food donations. View PBC Food Finder Map.

Palm Beach County Food Bank Bread Breaking Ceremony

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.

Upcoming Events

National Breastfeeding Month: Join United Way of Palm Beach County Hunger Relief and community partners to learn about breastfeeding resources on Friday, September 6, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lantana Road Branch Library. There will be prizes and giveaways! Space is limited. Register here.

September Hunger Action Month: Hunger Action Month is an annual nationwide campaign each September where we come together to raise awareness about hunger in America and inspire action. There are more than 173,000 food-insecure residents in Palm Beach County, 50,890 of which are children. Let’s all do our part to help our neighbors in need. Stay tuned!

Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for volunteer opportunities? Contact United Way of Palm Beach County’s Volunteer Center if you’re interested in volunteering in the community. Visit the UWPBC Volunteer Page here.

Job Opportunities

United Way of Palm Beach County (UWPBC) Job Openings: Join our team of dynamic, collaborative, and creative individuals who are driving change in Palm Beach County! We also share job postings from our funded partner agencies. Check out our job openings here.

What We’ve Been Up To…

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.

Join Our Hunger Relief Work Groups!

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.

View the Palm Beach County Hunger Relief Plan here.