Access Our Services: Food Pantry
If you:
- live in the District of Columbia, AND
- have an income that falls under 200% of the Federal Poverty Line, AND
- either have children under the age of 18 living at home with you; OR are disabled; OR are over 60 years of age
…you will be eligible to receive a monthly three-day supply of groceries. (Please note that as of April 1st, 2011, our food pantry services are available to residents of Northeast DC.)
Eligible clients may receive food from the pantry once a month and must present a valid ID at each visit to the food pantry. Please note that our food is not prepared; you must take the food home and prepare it yourself.
What to bring the first time you visit:
- Photo ID (required for each visit to get food)
- Proof of address or access to cooking facilities in DC: rental receipt with recent date; statement from DHS; current lease; utility bill. If you live in a shelter or with someone else, you must bring proof of access to cooking facilities.
- Proof of spouse and/or dependents: anything bearing children’s names and parent’s current address-school records, medical bills, apartment lease or letter from DHS, TANF papers. We do not accept Social Security Cards, birth certificates, or Medicaid cards as proof.
- Proof of age (if over 60): Driver’s license or non-driver’s ID, DHS ID, etc.
- Proof of disability: SSI or SSDI statement or a signed letter from a doctor on doctor’s letterhead.
- Proof of income: job check stub/receipt, letter from source of public benefits, copied check, SSI, SSDI, VA, OPM or other fixed income statement.