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Food today from your county’s food bank, then free school meals, summer food help (SUN Bucks and meal sites), WIC, SNAP and food help at college. Each fact links to the official page.
Arizona has four regional food banks that work with food pantries across the state. Pick your county to see its food bank and pantry map.
All food banks are shown. Pick a county to see just yours.
La Paz County, Mohave County: None of the food banks’ own pages names this county, so we don’t guess. These statewide options find the pantries closest to you: Arizona Food Bank Network food finder, 2-1-1 Arizona, USDA National Hunger Hotline.
Counties named on its own pages: Maricopa County, Coconino County, Pinal County, Yavapai County
Sources differ: home-delivery counties (3 vs 4)
Get emergency food boxes delivered to your door in Maricopa, Yavapai and Pinal Counties.Source: stmarysfoodbank.org
we provide home delivery services to Maricopa, Yavapai, and Pinal County residents.Source: stmarysfoodbank.org
We offer this service in Maricopa County, Coconino County, Pinal County, and Yavapai County and you must be 18 years or older to receive a food delivery.Source: azfoodhelp.org
Get emergency food boxes delivered to your door in Maricopa, Yavapai, Pinal and Coconino countiesSource: azfoodhelp.org
Neighbors without a photo ID, or those who don’t reside in Arizona, may receive donated product, but not government funded commodities such as TEFAP or CSFP.
Counties named on its own pages: Pima County, Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Santa Cruz County
The food bank is based in Pima County and also serves Cochise, Graham, Greenlee and Santa Cruz counties.
Counties named on its own pages: Maricopa County (East Valley), Gila County, Pinal County, Apache County (parts), Navajo County (parts)
Sources differ: Pinal County claimed by two banks
By 1985, we expanded our reach to serve Gila, Pinal, and parts of Apache and Navajo counties, as well as Maricopa County’s East Valley.Source: unitedfoodbank.org
We offer this service in Maricopa County, Coconino County, Pinal County, and Yavapai County and you must be 18 years or older to receive a food delivery.Source: azfoodhelp.org
By 1985, we expanded our reach to serve Gila, Pinal, and parts of Apache and Navajo counties, as well as Maricopa County’s East Valley.
Counties named on its own pages: Yuma County
Yuma Community Food Bank provides food assistance to individuals and families throughout our community.
Our work is powered by generous partners who invest in a hunger-free Yuma County.
Counties named on its own pages: Coconino County, Navajo County, Apache County, Yavapai County (northern parts)
Sources differ: ID requirement wording (same page)
We do not require a photo ID, proof of residency, or income verification for individuals to receive a food box. We distribute food with a self-declaration of need. If you tell us you need food, we believe you.Source: hotfood.org
To receive food, you’ll need to bring some form of ID. An ID can speed up the intake process, but is not required. All income and AZ address requirements are verbally verified.Source: hotfood.org
Those who do not feel comfortable showing a photo ID or providing personal information may receive donated food products, but not government commodities.Source: hotfood.org
We do not require a photo ID, proof of residency, or income verification for individuals to receive a food box. We distribute food with a self-declaration of need. If you tell us you need food, we believe you.
Our service area includes Coconino County, Navajo County, Apache County, and the northern parts of Yavapai County.
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Please bring a photo ID with you when picking up a TEFAP package. If your photo ID does not reflect your current address, please also bring a document such as a utility bill, lease agreement or a letter from an official Arizona agency that shows your current address.
Free help finding food and other services anywhere in Arizona.
Sources differ: 211 live vs pre-recorded
When you call, a live voice is on the other end - ready to help.Source: 211arizona.org
to access pre-recorded information in both English and Spanish about emergency assistance, self-help groups, and other resources.Source: azfoodbanks.org
Dial 2-1-1 within Arizona ... Dial 877-211-8661 from anywhere ... Arizona Relay callers, dial 7-1-1 or 800-367-8939 and ask for 877-211-8661. ... Help is available from 9:00am – 7:00pm, seven days a week: in English and Spanish.
USDA’s National Hunger Hotline helps you find food near you.
Call 1-866-348-6479Text 914-342-7744
Call the USDA National Hunger Hotline, which operates Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET. If you need food assistance, call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) ... Text to the automated service at 914-342-7744.
Free and reduced-price school meals for the 2026-27 school year, who gets them automatically and how to apply.
If anyone in the household gets SNAP, TANF or FDPIR, the child automatically gets free meals, and the school should tell the family.
Children are automatically eligible for free meals if anyone in their household gets SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR benefits. Schools should let you know if your child is automatically eligible.
ADE's June 2026 memo to schools refers to using the CNP Direct Certification system to certify students for free or reduced-price meals.
use of the CNP Direct Certification system to certify students for free or reduced-price meal benefits
Children who are homeless, in foster care, runaways, or children of migrant workers qualify for free meals once the household fills out an application.
Children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, runaway youth, or children of migrant workers all qualify for free school meals when their household fills out an application.
Families can apply any time. Ask your child's school for a household meal application.
When can I send in an application to see if my child can eat for free?Now! Contact your local school to access a household application.
For 2026-27, Arizona put one-time state money toward cutting or removing the fee that reduced-price students would normally pay.
Within the state fiscal year 2027 budget, the Arizona legislature appropriated one-time funding to reduce or eliminate copayments that would otherwise be charged to children eligible for reduced-price meals.
Schools must tell families and offer free meals to students certified for reduced-price meals.
SFAs must also notify families and offer meals free of charge to the students who are certified as eligible for reduced-price meal benefits.
Normally a reduced-price student can be charged up to 40 cents per lunch and 30 cents per breakfast.
families with students who qualify for reduced-price meal benefits may incur a fee of up to $0.40 for each lunch and up to $0.30 for each breakfast.
These are the federal income limits for free and reduced-price meals, free milk and Summer EBT, in effect July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced-price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits for the period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
Free meals: up to 130% of the 2026 poverty guideline. Reduced-price: up to 185%. Figures are rounded up to the next dollar.
The Department's guidelines for free meals and milk, and reduced price meals were obtained by multiplying the year 2026 federal income poverty guidelines by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by rounding the result upward to the next whole dollar.
For 1 person: reduced-price up to $29,526 a year ($2,461 a month), free up to $20,748 ($1,729 a month). Each extra person adds $10,508 to the reduced-price limit and $7,384 to the free limit.
Figures typed from the official table
1 ....... 15,960 | 29,526 | 2,461 | ... | 20,748 | 1,729 ... For each additional family member, add 5,680 | 10,508 | 876 | ... | 7,384 | 616
For a household of 4: poverty guideline $33,000. Reduced-price limit $61,050 a year ($5,088 a month). Free-meal limit $42,900 a year ($3,575 a month).
Figures typed from the official table
4 ....... 33,000 | 61,050 | 5,088 | 2,544 | 2,349 | 1,175 | 42,900 | 3,575 | 1,788 | 1,650 | 825
Some schools serve all meals free through the Community Eligibility Provision or a Special Assistance Provision. Ask your school whether it takes part.
Some schools use a program called the “Community Eligibility Provision” or “Special Assistance Provision” that helps them serve all meals free. Contact your local school to see if they are part of that program.
A district or school can use CEP if at least 25% of its students are 'identified' students.
Eligible LEAs and schools are those with identified student percentages (ISPs) that are 25 percent or higher.
ADE's school-meals page links to its CEP annual notification and publication for school year 2026-2027.
SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) is grocery money for children in the summer. Free summer meals for kids are served at approved sites when school is out.
These facts are for summer 2026. Summer 2027: not announced yet.
USDA's Arizona entry says Summer EBT is available in Arizona; the website is azed.gov/SUNBucks and the hotline is 833-648-4406.
Good News! Summer EBT is Available in Your Location Website : https://www.azed.gov/SUNBucks Hotline: 833-648-4406
USDA's 2026 participating-agencies page lets you pick a state, territory or Tribal Nation on a map to see whether Summer EBT is available there and how to apply.
2026 Participating Agencies Choose your state, territory, or Tribal Nation on the map to find out if Summer EBT is available where you live and learn how to apply.
Each eligible child gets a one-time $120 benefit.
A one-time summer benefit amount of $120 will be issued for each eligible child.
USDA's 2026 Summer EBT notice says benefits stay at $40 a month (rounded down from $40.82), $120 in total.
The benefits for 2026 remain at $40 (rounded down from $40.82) monthly and $120 total.
Most eligible Arizona households have already received their summer 2026 SUN Bucks.
Summer 2026 SUN Bucks benefits have been issued to most eligible households.
A child who met one of the listed criteria and attended an Arizona school-meal-program school for at least one day in 2025-26 got summer 2026 SUN Bucks automatically, with no application.
If your child met ANY of the criteria above, and was enrolled and attended an Arizona NSLP or SBP school for at least one day during the 2025-26 instructional school year, they will automatically be issued SUN Bucks benefits in the summer of 2026. You do not need to apply
Being certified for free or reduced-price meals through a school meal application, or getting SNAP, TANF, FDPIR or meal-program Head Start benefits, are among the automatic-eligibility criteria.
Individually certified for free or reduced-price meals because you submitted an NSLP household application; OR Received benefits for any amount of time under SNAP, TANF, FDPIR, or an NSLP/SBP participating Head Start program; OR
Going to a school that serves free meals to everyone does not by itself make a child automatically eligible for SUN Bucks.
If my child's school serves free meals to all students, are they automatically eligible for SUN Bucks? No.
The 2026 SUN Bucks application closed on August 3, 2026.
Parents or guardians could get the 2026 application on ADE's SUN Bucks website, online or on paper.
Custodial parents and legal guardians may access the 2026 SUN Bucks household application by visiting the ADE SUN Bucks website where both an online application and a paper version are available.
Appeals of a 2026 SUN Bucks decision had to be submitted by November 1, 2026.
Unused SUN Bucks expire 122 days after they are loaded onto the card.
SUN Bucks benefits expire 122 days from the date the benefits are made available on your SUN Bucks card.
Call 1-888-997-9333 for card balance, PIN changes or a replacement card.
To check your SUN Bucks card balance, change your PIN, or request a replacement EBT card, call 1-888-997-9333.
SUN Bucks in Arizona is run jointly by ADE, DES and USDA.
The SUN Bucks Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program (SUN Bucks) is a partnership between the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
The SNAP Retailer Locator allows anyone to locate nearby SNAP-authorized retailers by entering a street address, city and state or zip code.
When school is out, approved sites serve free meals and snacks to kids and teens. Site lists open each summer.
As of Oct. 1, 2026, summer meals site finder for 2026 season is complete. Check back in 2027 for the new summer meals season.
Summer Meals Site Finder 2026 Last Updated October 1, 2026
The Summer Food Service Program has ended for 2026, but will resume in late May of 2027
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Seamless Summer Option (SSO) provide kids and teens in low-income areas free snacks and/or meals when school is out.
WIC is for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, babies and children under 5. Teens under 18 can qualify under the same rules.
WIC in Arizona is for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, babies, and children under 5 who are at nutritional risk and whose income is at or below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. A pregnant woman counts as two people in the household.
WIC is available to Arizona's pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines below. A pregnant woman is considered two family members.
You can apply if you are pregnant, had a baby in the last six months, are breastfeeding a baby born in the last year, or are applying for an infant or child under 5, including a foster child.
Who is eligible to apply for and receive WIC benefits? Pregnant women Women who have delivered a child within the last six months Breastfeeding women who have delivered a child within the last year Infants and children under five years old, including foster children
If you are under 18, WIC checks your income using the same family-size rules as for anyone else.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
Teen An applicant who is under 18 years of age will have her income eligibility assessed following the rules which apply to any other family unit (see Determining Family Size above).
A baby or child in foster care or in the care of DCS counts as a family of one for WIC.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
If an infant or child is in the care of foster parents, the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS), or other child welfare authorities, the infant or child will be considered a family of one
The adult who handles WIC for a participant can be a parent, caretaker, legal guardian, a relative the participant lives with, a spouse or partner, or someone who knows the participant's family history well.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
An Authorized Representative can be one of the following: Parent Caretaker Legal guardian Relative with whom the participant lives Spouse or significant other Individual who has significant knowledge of family history of the participant
Arizona's WIC income table took effect June 1, 2026. The most a household can earn and still qualify is 185% of the poverty level.
ARIZONA WIC PROGRAM INCOME GUIDELINES EFFECTIVE: June 1, 2026 ... ** 185% of poverty is the upper maximum income for WIC program participation
To qualify, a 1-person household can earn up to $2,461 a month ($29,526 a year); 2 people up to $3,337 a month; 3 people up to $4,212; 4 people up to $5,088; 5 people up to $5,964. Add $876 a month for each extra person.
185%: One Family Member $568 week / $1,136 2 wks / $2,461 month / $29,526 year; Two $3,337 month / $40,034 year; Three $4,212 / $50,542; Four $5,088 / $61,050; Five $5,964 / $71,558; Each additional member add $876 month / $10,508 year
WIC looks at your income before taxes or anything else is taken out.
Note: All WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines are based on Gross Income, meaning before taxes or other deductions.
If you have proof that you are fully approved for SNAP, AHCCCS (Medicaid), TANF, Section 8 housing, or FDPIR, you count as meeting WIC's income rule.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
An applicant is adjunctively income eligible for WIC if documentation shows that the individual is: Certified as fully eligible to receive benefits from SNAP ..., AHCCCS ... under Title XIX ..., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program(s), Section 8 housing, or FDPIR
You also meet the income rule if someone in your household gets TANF, or a pregnant woman or baby in your household is on AHCCCS. AHCCCS Behavioral Health and KidsCare (CHIP) do not count for this.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
A member of a household containing a TANF recipient or a pregnant woman or infant enrolled in AHCCCS ... the following AHCCCS programs do not qualify an applicant as adjunctively eligible ... Behavioral Health ... Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)/ KidsCare
The income table lists TANF, AHCCCS, food stamps (SNAP) and FDPIR as giving automatic income eligibility.
Automatic Eligibility @ Income Code 6 if eligible (E) or presumptively eligible (PE) for: *TANF (AFDC) (E or PE) *AHCCCS (E or PE) *FOOD STAMPS (E) *Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations-FDPIR (E)
For students, financial aid spent on room and board or child care counts as income for WIC. Aid spent on tuition, getting to class, books and supplies does not count.
From the Arizona WIC staff policy manual (revised February 2024), not a family-facing page.
Student financial assistance used by the student for room and board and for dependent care expenses is considered income. Note: Financial assistance that is used for tuition, transportation to attend classes, books, and supplies is excluded.
To become a WIC client, contact your local WIC clinic to make an appointment, call 1-800-252-5942, or apply on the WIC Portal.
Become a WIC Client Contact your local WIC clinic to make an appointment, call 1 (800) 252-5942 or visit the WIC Portal to Apply Now .
You can start a WIC application online for yourself or your children. After you finish the online pre-application, the WIC clinic will contact you to set up an appointment.
You can begin the application for you and/or your children for WIC services here. After you complete the pre-application process through the Participant Portal, the WIC Clinic will contact you to schedule an appointment.
Bring an adult ID, your child's ID (shot record, birth certificate, crib card or hospital ID), proof of income (30 days of pay stubs, or an AHCCCS or SNAP letter), and proof of address (mail, a bill, a driver's license, or a rent or mortgage receipt).
Identification for adults (Driver's License, Photo ID) Child's Identification (Shot Record, Birth Certificate, Crib Card or Hospital ID) Proof of Income (30 days of recent paystubs, AHCCCS Letter, SNAP Letter) Proof of Address (Mail or bill, Driver's License, Mortgage/Rent Receipt)
New to WIC, Check your eligibility Am I Eligible? ... After you complete the pre-application process through the Participant Portal, the WIC Clinic will contact you to schedule an appointment.
Call 1-800-252-5942Call 866-927-8390
Call or email the AZ WIC Shoppers Helpline for questions about WIC foods, shopping with eWIC card, or the EZWIC app: 866-927-8390. ... CALL 1 (800) 252-5942
SNAP (called Nutrition Assistance in Arizona) helps pay for groceries. College students have extra rules, so check first.
Food pantries, emergency money and other help at Arizona colleges, listed school by school.
Checked against official pages in November 2026. Programs and hours change; confirm before you go.