The Emergency Food Assistance Program

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Food Assistance

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) provides food and meals at no cost through participating food pantries and meal sites. The types of foods available varies based on availability and may include:

  • Beans: canned, dried
  • Dairy: milk, cheese: fresh
  • Eggs: Fresh
  • Fruit: canned, dried, fresh, frozen
  • Lentils: dry
  • Meat/fish: canned, frozen
  • Pasta/Rice
  • Vegetables: canned

For locations and additional information, use the Find Food Feature for the food bank in your area. You may also go to your local food pantry.

Iowa Food Bank Service Area

  • A map of Iowa's food pantry locations for Emergency Food Assistance

    Iowa offers six food banks throughout the state: Food Bank of Siouxland - Woodbury County; Food Bank of the Heartland - Omaha, NE; Northeast Iowa Food Bank - Black Hawk County; HACAP - Linn County; River Bend Food Bank - Scott County; Food Bank of Iowa - Polk County.

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Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, or by calling 1-866-632-9992 or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to:

  1. USDA by mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C., 20250-9410; or
  2. By fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. By email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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