Food ServicesAccess Florida has the Food Stamp Program(EBT) that helps people with low income to buy healthy food. The application can be done online. Please see the website for your local service center. The application is also used for Temporary Cash Assistance, Medicaid, and all other Department of Children and Families services.
Deaf/Hearing Impaired:
Florida Relay 711 or
TTY: 1.800.955.8771
This program is for seniors 55 and older. They have social and physical activities. The program also has low-cost permanent housing for seniors. The housing includes food deliveries once a month. They also give other supplies for free. Please call 850.692.3301 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
This food bank has breakfast, lunch and school's out food programs. They can connect parents with a child nutrition coordinator. Please call 850.562.3033 or click HERE.
Programs Available:
This group has a direct aid program. It is meant to help patients who need financial assistance. There are eligibility requirements that must be met for a patient to qualify. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Toll Free: 800.927.9659
Grant Assistance includes:
This group helps with emergency assistance for people and families in need. Screening appointments are done over the phone. There is no income cap for most programs and services they offer. This program is offered at all four of their offices. Please call 850.763.0475 or visit the website for locations and to learn more.
Services Include:
Financial assistance for housing
Utilities
Prescriptions
Food
This is a faith-based group that helps people in crisis. The help is free. It is for people in the Big Bend area. Please call 850.224.3246 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
Programs & Services Include:
This group runs the HOPE shelter. It is an emergency shelter for families while they look for permanent housing. The shelter has three dorms. During a family’s stay they are given a bed, shelter, and meals. They also give shelter and help to veterans. Please call 850.576.5566 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
This group has several programs to help people in need get food. They can also help you enroll in SNAP. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
Assistance Includes:
Ochlockonee Bay Methodist Church operates a Food Pantry on most Saturdays of each month, (except holiday weekends - call for schedule change)
850.984.0127
Call for details.
Promise Land Ministries Lighthouse helps those in need within the community. Their food pantry is open to the public on the first Wednesday of every month from 1 PM to 3 PM. Please call or visit website.
