Community Kitchen
Our 4,200-square-foot kitchen gives us the ability to offer scratch on-site meal preparation for multiple programs, culinary job training, and volunteer opportunities for individuals and organizations.
Workforce Training Programs
Our Culinary and Warehouse Education Training Programs use an integrated, full-circle approach to job training to improve employment options and reduce problems that lead to food insecurity.
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Fresh Harvest Farm
The Fresh Harvest Farm pairs food production for hunger relief with educational programming.
Advocacy
Focusing on specific public policy priorities, we inform decision makers at every level of government about hunger in their community and their role in ending hunger. For a real and lasting impact in the fight against hunger, we need your voice.Learn more about ways to take action on our Advocacy page.
Fresh Food For Families
Fresh Food For Families provides free monthly distributions of fruits, vegetables and other fresh foods to low-income families. These distributions supplement existing grocery budgets with much-needed nutritious foods.
Last year, the Fresh Food for Families program provided more than 900,000 pounds of fresh produce to an average of 6,877 individuals each month across 18 partner sites.
Healthy Options Program for the Elderly and Commodity Supplemental Food Program
The mission of the Healthy Options for the Elderly (HOPE) is to reduce hunger among low-income seniors age 55 or older by providing them with free monthly distributions of healthy, shelf-stable foods. Each month, HOPE clients receive a 15- to 20-pound bag of non-perishable groceries as nutritious additions to their existing diets. Items include canned fruits and vegetables, canned protein, cereal and pasta.
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides each participating low-income senior age 60 or older with a free monthly box groceries. Every box includes 25-30 pounds of staples, including cereals, juices, proteins, milk, grain, cheese, and canned fruits and vegetables.
Kids Cafe®
Kids Cafe serves as a direct partnership between the Food Bank and existing after-school programs to provide nutritious meals to low-income children who may not otherwise have access to healthy and balanced nutrition outside of school.
Kids Cafe®, an official program of Feeding America, is a safe, nurturing place where neighborhood children can go after school to receive a free meal and participate in programs such as homework assistance, physical activities, and more.
Summer Food Service Program
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides nutritious lunches and snacks to children of low-income families who lack a dependable source of nutritious meals during summer breaks.
BackPack
BackPack is designed to meet weekend meal needs for children in low-income families. At the end of each week, participating children receive bags of healthy, nutritious, non-perishable meals that they take home with them and eat during the weekend. Each BackPack contains approximately four meals.
Mobile Food Pantry
By taking the food directly to neighbors, our mobile food pantries fill geographic and service gaps in emergency food assistance by providing Central Texans in need with basic staples, fruits and vegetables, and frozen foods where local food assistance services cannot keep up with demand.
Nutrition Education
Our nutrition education programs help individuals and families make smart choices at mealtime. The classes help people eligible for SNAP and other benefits make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose active lifestyles. All classes are free and open to qualified individuals.
Disaster Relief
When the unthinkable happens, CTFB is prepared to respond. We work with Feeding America, the American Red Cross, federal and state agencies and other partners to provide direct food and water assistance, transportation of emergency supplies to affected areas and more.
Regional Food Delivery
Our regional food delivery program delivers fresh and packaged foods to centrally-located drop sites in outlying areas that are easily accessible for more remote Partner Agencies serving rural populations.
Operating 6 days a week, regional food delivery allows our nonprofit community partners to focus more of their time and resources on the populations they serve, allowing them to provide a larger variety of nutritious food.
Food Rescue
The Food Bank collects millions of pounds of wholesome, nutritious food—food that would otherwise be discarded—from local and national grocery store chains, manufacturers, distributors and farms and distributes it to low-income families.
Agency Retail Pickup
Agency retail pickup is one of the many ways we’re working to reduce food waste and ensure the families we serve have access to the fresh, healthy foods they need to thrive. This initiative saves time and resources by empowering Partner Agencies to pick up food donations directly from retailers near them.
Capacity Building
In addition to providing affordable food and services, we work closely with our network of nonprofit community partners to help them maximize their impact in the community.
We bring more than three decades of experience, offering capacity-building grants, funding advancements like additional cold storage space to help agencies provide more fresh, healthy food to their neighbors in need.
Social Services and Education
The Social Services team provides one-on-one application assistance to individuals who may qualify for federal nutrition programs and other benefits that will help stabilize their lives.
Home Delivery Program
The Central Texas Food Bank, in partnership with the Austin Public Health Neighborhood Services Unit and Amazon, is launching a home delivery program. Participants enrolled in the program will receive a monthly box of shelf-stable groceries, delivered directly to their homes via contactless delivery. All groceries and deliveries are free of charge.
