Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)
People 60 years of age or older and their spouses, regardless of age, are eligible for NSIP benefits. ITOs may select an age below 60 for defining an "older" person for their tribes. In addition, the following individuals may also receive meals through NSIP:
Disabled people under age 60 who live in elderly housing facilities where congregate meals are served;
Disabled persons who reside at home and accompany elderly participants to meals; and
Volunteers who assist in the meal service.
Food Stamps Program
State Food Stamp Information
Hotline Numbers
Food Research and Action Center
Links to Government and National Organizations
A list of food banks for each state
Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest is a national network of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations, serving every county in the United States.
Food Distribution Programs
Our mission is to strengthen the nutrition safety net through commodity distribution and other nutrition assistance to low-income families, emergency feeding programs, Indian Reservations, and the elderly. The Food Distribution Programs include the following nutrition programs:
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
FD Disaster Assistance
FD Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)
Schools/Child Nutrition Commodity Programs
State Processing Program
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Dress For Success
A non-profit organization that helps low-income
women make tailored transitions into the workforce. Each Dress for Success
client receives one suit when she has an interview and a second suit when she
gets the job. Women are referred to Dress for Success by a continually
expanding number of diverse, non-profit member organizations which include
homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, job training programs and English
as a second language programs. These suits symbolize our faith in every
woman's ability to succeed.
The Women's Alliance
This is a national organization of independent community-based members who provide professional attire, career skills training and related services to low-income women seeking employment.
Member Program Locations:
Alabama, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin