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Feeding America
www.feedingamerica.org
Learn about the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization
– a network of more than 200 food banks!
Food
Research and Action Center (FRAC)
www.frac.org
National hunger advocacy and research organization. The site contains
extensive information about hunger policy, news and reports.
Hunger
Awareness Day
www.hungerday.org
Each day,
individuals make a difference by fighting hunger in their communities
– we need more people like you to join in this effort.
Missouri
Department of Economic Development
http://www.ded.mo.gov/cd/nap.htm
If you
are interested in tax credits, visit the MO DED.
Missouri
Department of Social Services
http://www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/fstamp/index.htm
If you
or someone you know needs information about qualifying for food
stamps, please visit this site for a prescreening tool and for other
important information about applying.
Ozarks
Area Community Action Corporation
http://www.oacac-caa.org/ha
The Food
Bank often receives calls for help with needs other than food assistance.
OACAC, a non-profit serving the Ozarks, has a Housing Assistance
Program which helps pay rent for low income residents so that they
can live in a house, apartment or mobile home which is decent, safe,
sanitary and affordable.
United
States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
www.fns.usda.gov/fns/
Federal agency that administers food stamps, school meals and the
Emergency Food Assistance Program. The site features publications,
participation requirements and program data.
United
States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
www.ers.usda.gov
Provides extensive research concerning federal food and nutrition
assistance programs.
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