Resources to Help Feed Your Family

Below is a list of resources if you or anyone you know are facing food insecurity this month. This list is an edited excerpt from an article by "Those Nerdy Girls."
"Update: A federal judge ruled that emergency funds can be used for SNAP, but it’s not yet clear if this applies to all states or only those involved in the lawsuit. The decision could also be appealed or delayed. Even if funds are released, it will take time for them to reach families. That’s why these resources are still important, and why we should keep helping our community.
Do you know how you are going to feed your family this month?
If you don’t know how you are going to feed your family this month, this post has a list of resources you can look into today.
If you do have enough food for the month, please share with your neighbors and your wider community.
We all do better, when we all do better.--Senator Paul Wellstone"
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Here are some resources that may help you find food and other needs:
• https://www.211ct.org/
• https://www.ctfoodshare.org/
• See this article about Instarcart and Doordash offering discounts in November for SNAP recipients: https://apnews.com/article/instacart-doordash-snap-benefits-food-aid-70fced0e93cd14df31cf048aaf7a5b8a
• Too Good To Go: Join Our Food Waste Movement – https://www.toogoodtogo.com/
• Project Food Box: https://projectfoodbox.org/
• Baby formula: https://freeformula.exchange/
• Discounts at grocery stores: https://flashfood.com/
• If you have to choose between food and medicine, check with your provider or pharmacy on how to request medications from the pharmaceutical companies
• Give and get food with this community sharing app: https://olioapp.com/en/
• For people over 65 or disabled: https://www.momsmeals.com/our-food-programs/how-to-qualify/
• One stop site for help: https://findhelp.org/
• If your situation is making you feel hopeless or in despair, help is available. Please call 211, or 988 for the national crisis lifeline.
If you are adequately fed and housed, share these resources and consider helping in other ways:
• Donate money to your local food pantry. Even a few dollars add up. Donate food if that’s easier. But food pantries know how to stretch their donated dollars. Please also check with them about what they actually need.
• Organize a food drive at your work, school, or other community location. But connect to your local pantry to find out what food items they need and can accept.
• Make a meal and drop it off to a family you know is in need.
• Ask your child’s school if you can drop off extra snacks for them to distribute.
• Volunteer to cook for/at a local community meal.
• Call your representatives and tell them you need them to act on healthcare and food access. Food AND healthcare should be part of our basic human rights. Text SIGN PKJTCO to 50409 to send an email to your representatives.
• No Kid Hungry has a tool to write to your representative.