I need food today
Call 211
- Dial 211.
Indiana 211 connects you with essential community resources, including food.
If you live in Indiana, 211 serves you in all 92 counties.
211 services are available 24 hours, every day, and they are free.
Whether 211 reserves food for you is not confirmed yet.
Find a food bank
- Feeding Indiana's Hungry partners with 11 food banks across Indiana.
The find-your-food-bank page is not a pantry and not a food distribution site. Call 211 for immediate help with food.
- Open the member food bank list.
Dare to Care's Indiana counties on the member list are Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Crawford, and Washington.
Hours for those member food banks are not confirmed yet.
Emergency SNAP
- Apply for SNAP online through the FSSA Benefits Portal.
If you do not have a computer or internet, apply at a local DFR office.
Eligible households that are not already certified to receive SNAP and will have a monthly gross income of less than $150 AND less than $100 in cash/checking/savings in the month of application or have monthly housing costs that exceed their gross monthly income and cash/checking/savings for the month of application will receive benefits within seven days from the date of application.
Other households will receive notification of determination within thirty days from the date of application.
Whether benefits can arrive the same day is not confirmed yet.
Hot meals and pantries
Indianapolis: Gleaners distributes food through more than 260 partner agencies, including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.
- The Gleaners phone on the member list is 317-925-0191.
Indianapolis pantry and soup-kitchen hours are not confirmed yet. What to bring there is not confirmed yet.
Fort Wayne: Community Harvest serves Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley counties.
The member list gives Community Harvest at 999 E. Tillman Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46816.
- You do not need a referral for Community Harvest Crisis Assistance. You can walk in during regular business hours. Visit the Main Entrance and ring the bell.
The crisis bag is once per year. It is not a daily meal.
Bring a photo ID during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. You can receive an emergency bag the same day.
- Call Community Harvest at (260) 447-3696.
The clock time for those business hours is not confirmed yet.
Which other Fort Wayne distribution runs today is not confirmed yet.
- Evansville: enter your ZIP code to find local pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that offer free food.
- The Tri-State Food Bank phone on the member list is (812) 425-0775.
Hours for a specific Evansville site are not confirmed yet. This card does not list shelter streets.
Hours for cities other than Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Evansville are not confirmed yet. Start with 211 and the statewide food-bank list.
What to bring
Not confirmed yet. Ask when you call what to bring.
For Community Harvest Crisis Assistance in Fort Wayne, bring a photo ID to the food bank during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. You can receive an emergency bag the same day.
That Fort Wayne crisis bag is once per year. It is not a daily meal.
For a SNAP application, you will be asked to provide the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers for everyone in your home, and to verify income and resources. Also provide proof of court-ordered child support a household member pays, shelter payments (rent or mortgage and utility costs), out-of-pocket medical expenses for a member who is disabled or age 60 or over, and dependent child or adult care costs.
A packing list for every pantry is not confirmed yet. The list above is what the SNAP application asks for.