Directory of Organizations
Single Stop USA is a national organization that connects people in need to the resources that will improve their lives, with the goal of increasing economic mobility.
An academic research and direct action center located in CUNY's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
A city web site with resources related to food security, including city programs and links to food-attainment resources.
In its own words, The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center "develops intersectoral, innovative and evidence-based solutions to preventing diet-related diseases and promoting food security in New York and other cities."
Neighbors Together works to end hunger and poverty in three areas of New York City with the highest levels of both: Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Resources include a community café.
NYC's community garden resource; learn about local community gardens, which you can join to grow your own food.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which may be more familiar under "food stamps" (their former name), provides food assistance to New Yorkers in need.
A resource to find authorized retailers where SNAP participants can use their benefits to purchase seeds or food-producing plants.
A program that helps New Yorkers in need of food or grocery assistance.
The city's largest hunger-relief organization, Foodbank for New York City helps New Yorkers in need of food assistance and provides other services, including tax preparation.