Please note: The resources included here are not endorsed by NAMI, and NAMI is not responsible for the content of or service provided by any of these resources.
211 LA Food Finder
211 LA has partnered with Slingshot Aerospace to create a mapping tool that makes locating food resources near you easier than ever. Add your location and filter by type of resource, then click to see detailed information about the resource and how to access it.
■ Phone Number: 211
■ Website: https://www.211la.org/food-resources
CalFresh
The CalFresh Program (formerly known as Food Stamps) helps low-income households increase their food-buying power to meet their household’s nutritional needs. CalFresh benefits issued through Electronic Benefit Transfer, also known as EBT card, can be used in grocery stores and participating Farmers Markets. Homeless, elderly or disabled persons may purchase prepared meals from participating restaurants with their EBT card. Effective June 1, 2019, SSI/SSP recipients in California are also eligible for CalFresh benefits, provided all other eligibility requirements are met.
■ Phone Number: 866-613-3777
California Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
PHFE WIC, a program of Heluna Health, provides healthy food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and family resources to more than 200,000 women, children, and families in Southern California. If you’re pregnant, or a caretaker of a child under age five, you can get personalized support for you and your family. For your safety, all WIC appointments are currently provided by phone and online.
■ Phone Number: 888-942-2229
■ Website: https://www.phfewic.org
■ Main Office: 1311 Glendale Blvd Unit B and C, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Culver Palms Meals on Wheels (CPMOW) (homebound individuals)
Since 1974, we have been delivering frozen nutritious meals to those individuals who need assistance with meal preparation due to illness, accident, convalescence or age. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday between 11 am to 12:30 pm. We have a 3-day minimum service and we also offer additional meals for the weekend. Sandwiches are also available for an additional cost. Most special dietary needs can be accommodated (e.g. diabetic, puree, renal, low vitamin K, low cholesterol). Our service area extends from Pico Boulevard to LAX and from La Cienega Boulevard to the coast. Zip Codes: 90034, 90035, 90045, 90056, 90064, 90066, 90094, 90230, 90232, 90291, 90292, 90293, 90016, 90211, 90212, 90302
■ To order meals call: 310-559-0666
■ Website: www.culverpalmsmealsonwheels.org
■ Main Office: 4427 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230
Feed LA: YMCA Grocery Produce Distribution Sites
Anderson Munger Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 213-427-9622
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am, Tuesday
■ Main Office: 4301 W 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Mid Valley Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 818-989-3800
■ Hours of Operation: M-F 9:00am-2:00pm Sat: 8:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 10:00am, Thursday
■ Main Office: 6901 Lennox Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91405
Palisades-Malibu YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-454-5591
■ Hours of Operation: M-F 8:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 12:00pm, Thursday
■ Main Office: 821 Via de la Paz , Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272
Wilmington YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-522-2100
■ Hours of Operation: M-F 8:00am-11:00am, 5:00am-8:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am (possibly changing time), Tuesday
■ Main Office: 1127 N Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, CA 90744
Collins & Katz Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-477-1511
■ Produce Distribution: 10:00am, Thursday
■ Main Office: 1466 S Westgate Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Culver-Palms Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-390-3604
■ Produce Distribution: 9:30-10:30am, Thursday
■ Main Office: 4500 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230
East Valley Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 818- 763-5126
■ Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00am-10:00pm & 4:00pm-7:00pm Sat: 8:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am, Wednesday
■ Main Office: 5142 Tujunga Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91601
Gardena-Carson Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-523-3470
■ Produce Distribution: 9:00am, Tuesday
■ Main Office: 100 W Artesia Boulevard, Gardena, CA 90248
Ketchum-Downtown YMCA Preschool:
■ Phone Number: 213-487-6592
■ Produce Distribution: 10:00am, Wednesday
■ Main Office: 2916 W. 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005
North Valley Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 818-368-3231
■ Produce Distribution: 11:30am, Thursday
■ Main Office: 11336 Corbin Avenue, Northridge, CA 91326
Montebello-Commerce YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 323-887-9622
■ Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00am-9:00am,
3:00pm-7:00pm, Sat:9:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 9:00am, Thursday
■ Main Office: 2000 W Beverly Boulevard, Montebello, CA 90640
Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 323-260-7005
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am, Monday-Friday
■ Main Office: 2900 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90023
West Valley Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 818-774-2840
■ Hours of Operation: M-F: 9:00am-2:00pm,
4:00pm-7:00pm, Sat:8:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am, Wednesday
■ Main Office: 18810 Vanowen Street, Reseda, CA 91335
Westchester Family YMCA:
■ Phone Number: 310-670-4316
■ Hours of Operation: 6:00am – M-F: 10:00am,
4:00pm-8:00pm, Sat:7:00am-12:00pm
■ Produce Distribution: 11:00am, Wednesday
■ Main Office: 8020 Alverstone Street Los Angeles, CA 90045
Food Distribution by Councilman Mike Bonin and Westside Food Bank
75 boxes available – every Friday 3:30pm – 4:30pm (first come first serve). Please advise callers to bring a cart or shopping bag especially if they are walking.
■ Main Office: West Los Angeles Municipal Building-1645 Corinth Ave. #112, Los Angeles, CA. 90025
Jewish Family Service LA
Food Pantries, Home-Delivered Meals, and Dining Centers.
■ Phone Number: 877-275-4537
Los Angeles Community Fridges
Los Angeles Community Fridges is a network of decentralized, independent refrigerators and pantries that provide food and vital supplies to our communities through mutual aid. Our mission is to strengthen communities & redistribute existing resources by providing tools and frameworks to ensure people-supported, ongoing, equal access to healthy food.
Locations:
■ Mid City: 5044 W 21stLos Angeles CA 90016
■ South Arts District: 1411 Newton St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
■ East Hollywood: 4621 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90029
■ Palms: 3647 Watseka Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034
■ China Town (Mon-Sat 12pm-3pm, Pantry 24/7): 818 N Spring St Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90012
■ Venice: 681 Venice Blvd, Venice CA 90291
■ North Hollywood: 5730 Cahuenga Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
■ Lennox: 10736 S Inglewood Ave, Inglewood CA 90304
■ Echo Park (6:30am-10pm): 1448 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
■ South Central: 8609 S Broadway, Los Angeles 90003
■ Lawndale: 14535 Firmona Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
■ Silver Lake (Tues-Fri 7:30am-7:30pm, Sat-Mon 8am-7:30pm): 1515 Griffith Park Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90026
■ Westlake (8am-12pm): 629 S Union Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90017
■ South Western & W 56th(Mon-Fri 7am-11pm): 5525 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90062
■ Arlington Heights: 3804 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
■ Hawthorne (sunrise-sunset): 13528 S Inglewood Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90250
■ Eagle Rock: 4808 Townsend Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90041
■ Leimert Park: 4331 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008
■ Website: https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io
LA Regional Food Bank
Enter your address below to find your local food pantry. Note: Pantry distribution dates and times are subject to change.
■ Phone Number: 323-234-3030
■ Website: https://www.lafoodbank.org/find-food/pantry-locator/
■ Main Office: 1734 E 41st St, Los Angeles, CA 90058
■ Phone Number: 717-909-0710
■ Website: https://www.nsvrc.org
Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles (homebound individuals)
Since 1976, Meals on Wheels of West Los Angeles, a non-profit, volunteer community service organization has been providing nutritious meals and friendship to individuals who are unable to plan, shop, or prepare meals for themselves due to illness, disability, or advanced age. Monday through Friday, our volunteers deliver a hot midday meal and a cold supper to elderly and disabled individuals living in West LA. We deliver over 45,000 meals a year. Our volunteers deliver 5 days a week. By giving their time as well as the use of their vehicles, our volunteers help ease any loneliness or isolation a client may feel. They serve as a critical link between the client and his/her family, loved ones, and neighbors. Zip Codes: 90024, 90025, 90064, 90049, 90077, parts of 90210 and 90035 Meals are $7, but if someone cannot afford it they can work with them. They try not to turn anyone down.
■ Phone Number: 310-208-4028
■ Website: https://www.mealsonwheelswest.org
■ Main Office: 343 Church Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90049
SELAH
Homeless coalition serving Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, Atwater and Highland Park neighborhoods- housing, meal, shower, and other services
■ Website: https://www.selahnhc.org
Share A Meal
Organization that makes and distributes fresh burritos, waters, and other supplies to people experiencing hunger or homelessness within LA. Each week night volunteers run five different routes with free supplies.
■ Schedule available at https://www.shareameal.net
■ Main Office: 1431 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
■ Phone Number: 844-762-8483
■ Website: https://strongheartshelpline.org
Sova Community Food and Resource Program (Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles)
Valley Pantry:
■ Phone Number: 818-988-7682
■ Address: 16439 Vanowen St, Van Nuys CA 91406
■ Sunday 9:00 am – 12:00 noon (Open every Sunday except holiday weekends)
■ Monday 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
■ Tuesday 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
■ Wednesday 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
■ Thursday 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
West Pantry:
■ Address: 8846 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90035
■ Same hours as above
St Vincent Meals on Wheels (homebound individuals)
Our mission at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is to prepare and deliver nutritious meals to homebound seniors and other vulnerable residents across Los Angeles, regardless of age, illness, disability, race, religion or ability to pay.
■ Phone Number: 213-484-7775
■ Hours of Operation: 8:00 am and 4:00 pm
■ Website: https://www.stvincentmow.org
■ Main Office: 2303 Miramar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Westside Food Bank
Direct services to agencies only. Founded in 1981 by the Westside Ecumenical Council and the Interfaith Hunger Coalition, the Food Bank distributes over 4 million pounds of food a year through the Westside’s extensive network of social service agencies.
■ Phone Number: 310-828-6016
■ Website: www.wsfb.org
■ Main Office: 1710 22nd St., Santa Monica 90404
West Los Angeles Family Source Center
The West LA FamilySource Center is one of 21 centers funded by the City of Los Angeles. All services are free. Eligible clients must be low/moderate income residents of the City of Los Angeles. Services include: multi-benefit screening for enrollment in public benefit programs, legal services and referrals, food assistance, pre-employment and employment support, computer classes, financial literacy classes, case management, parenting classes, and information and referral. For youth, we also provide access to tutoring/mentoring services, college prep assistance, youth life skills classes, and recreational/cultural activities.
■ Phone Number: 424-293-8297
■ Website: https://www.latinoresource.org
■ Main Office: 1645 Corinth Ave. #112, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Westside Coalition
The Westside Coalition, addressing Housing, Hunger and Health is an alliance of over47 organizations, public agencies and faith communities addressing issues of Housing Hunger and Health through service coordination, public education and advocacy. Members work together to provide services that include initial intake and service referrals; showers, food and clothing; on-going case management; emergency, transitional and permanent housing; medical care; mental health treatment; HIV medical and social services; job training and placement; and substance abuse treatment. Member agencies have been instrumental in Santa Monica’s chronic homeless project, as well as continuing to advocate for low income and homeless people at the local, state and national levels.
■ Phone Number: 310-314-0071
■ Website: www.westsideshelter.org
■ Main Office: PO Box 7411, Santa Monica, CA 90406
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