Statewide Resources

• Feeding Texas Food Bank Locator — Find food banks, food pantries, free meal sites, SNAP assistance, and mobile food distributions statewide.
• Texas 2‑1‑1 Assistance Line — Connects residents with local food pantries, meal programs, shelters, and emergency assistance.
• The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) — USDA/Texas-supported free food distributions available through participating food banks and pantries.

North Texas

Dallas / Collin / Denton Area

• North Texas Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Mobile pantries
  • School pantry programs
  • Senior food assistance
  • SNAP enrollment assistance
  • Counties across North Texas served through partner agencies.

Fort Worth / Tarrant County Region

• Tarrant Area Food Bank
  • Partner food pantries
  • Mobile distributions
  • Youth feeding programs
  • Senior nutrition programs
  • Serves 13 North Texas counties including Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Parker, Wise, Hood, Erath, Bosque, Hill, Cooke, Hamilton, Palo Pinto, and Somervell.

Wichita Falls Region

• Wichita Falls Area Food Bank
  • Emergency food pantries
  • Senior programs
  • Children’s feeding initiatives.

Texas Panhandle

Amarillo / Panhandle

• High Plains Food Bank
  • Partner food pantries
  • Direct feeding programs
  • Nutrition education
  • Emergency food distributions
  • Serves the Texas Panhandle through 140+ partner agencies.

West Texas

Midland / Odessa Region

• West Texas Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Mobile markets
  • School feeding programs
  • Senior assistance
  • Serves multiple West Texas counties.

Lubbock / South Plains

• South Plains Food Bank
  • Food pantry network
  • Mobile pantries
  • Kids Café
  • Backpack programs
  • Summer meal programs
  • SNAP assistance
  • Fresh produce programs
  • Serves 20 counties in the South Plains region.

Abilene / Big Country

• Food Bank of West Central Texas
  • Emergency food assistance
  • Senior and child nutrition programs
  • Mobile distributions.

Central Texas

Austin and Surrounding Counties

• Central Texas Food Bank
  • Food pantry network
  • Mobile food distributions
  • HOPE senior food boxes
  • Children’s meal programs
  • SNAP assistance
  • Emergency food distributions
  • Serves 21 counties including Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bell, McLennan, Bastrop, and others.

Brazos Valley (Bryan–College Station)

• Brazos Valley Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Benefits assistance
  • Emergency food programs
  • Serves Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties.

East Texas

Tyler / Longview / East Texas

• East Texas Food Bank
  • 200+ food pantries and feeding partners
  • Soup kitchens
  • Emergency shelters
  • Backpack program
  • Kids Café
  • Summer Food Program
  • Senior Box Program
  • Benefits assistance
  • Serves 26 East Texas counties.

Texarkana Area

• Harvest Regional Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Soup kitchens
  • Shelters
  • Senior and child feeding programs
  • Serves Bowie County, Texas and neighboring Arkansas counties.

Houston & Southeast Texas

Houston Metro

• Houston Food Bank
  • Community food pantries
  • Mobile distributions
  • Senior food assistance
  • Children’s nutrition programs
  • Disaster relief food assistance.

Montgomery County

• Montgomery County Food Bank
  • Food pantry network
  • Mobile markets
  • Community distributions
  • School partnerships.

Beaumont / Port Arthur

• Southeast Texas Food Bank
  • Emergency food assistance
  • Children’s feeding programs
  • Community pantry network.

Galveston Area

• Galveston County Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Senior meal programs
  • Children’s nutrition programs.

South Texas

San Antonio Region

• San Antonio Food Bank
  • Food pantries
  • Mobile food distributions
  • Senior assistance
  • Summer meal sites
  • School pantry programs
  • Emergency food assistance.

Laredo & Border Region

• South Texas Food Bank
  • Food pantry network
  • Kids Café
  • Summer Food Service Program
  • Community meal sites
  • Mobile outreach
  • Serves Webb, Starr, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Maverick, Kinney, Val Verde, and Dimmit counties.

Rio Grande Valley

• Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley
  • Emergency food pantries
  • Mobile food distributions
  • Senior and children’s nutrition programs.

Coastal Bend (Corpus Christi Area)

• Coastal Bend Food Bank
  • Food pantry network
  • Senior and child nutrition programs
  • Mobile food assistance.

Victoria / Golden Crescent

• Food Bank of the Golden Crescent
  • Emergency food programs
  • Community food distributions
  • Children’s feeding initiatives.

Common Free Food Programs Available Across Texas

Most regions offer some combination of:

• Emergency food pantries
• Mobile food distributions
• Soup kitchens/community meals
• Kids Café after-school meals
• Summer meal programs for children
• Backpack food programs for students
• Senior food box programs
• School-based food pantries
• Disaster relief food assistance
• SNAP enrollment assistance
• Community refrigerators and little free pantries (varies by city)

TEXAS SOUP KITCHENS & FREE COMMUNITY MEALS DIRECTORY

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DALLAS–FORT WORTH REGION

DALLAS

• Union Gospel Mission Dallas
• OurCalling
• The Stewpot
• Austin Street Center
• The Salvation Army Dallas

FORT WORTH

• Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
• Presbyterian Night Shelter
• True Worth Place
• The Salvation Army Fort Worth

ARLINGTON

• Mission Arlington
• Arlington Life Shelter

DENTON

• Our Daily Bread Denton
• Monsignor King Outreach Center

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AUSTIN & CENTRAL TEXAS

AUSTIN

• Angel House Soup Kitchen
• Caritas of Austin
• Mobile Loaves & Fishes
• The Charlie Center
• Food Not Bombs Austin

KILLEEN / TEMPLE / BELTON

• Mission Soup Kitchen
• Food Care Center
• Feed My Sheep

WACO

• Mission Waco
• The Salvation Army Waco

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HOUSTON & SOUTHEAST TEXAS

HOUSTON

• Star of Hope Mission
• Magnificat Houses
• Lord of the Streets
• The Salvation Army Greater Houston
• SEARCH Homeless Services

BEAUMONT / PORT ARTHUR

• Some Other Place
• The Salvation Army Beaumont

GALVESTON

• St. Vincent’s House
• Galveston County Community Meal Programs

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SAN ANTONIO REGION

SAN ANTONIO

• Haven for Hope
• Corazon Ministries
• St. Vincent de Paul San Antonio
• The Salvation Army San Antonio
• Christian Assistance Ministry

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY & SOUTH TEXAS

BROWNSVILLE

• Good Neighbor Settlement House
• Ozanam Center

MCALLEN / EDINBURG

• Loaves and Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley
• The Salvation Army McAllen

LAREDO

• Bethany House of Laredo
• South Texas Food Bank Community Meal Sites

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EAST TEXAS

TYLER

• Hiway 80 Rescue Mission
• The Salvation Army Tyler

LONGVIEW

• Longview Community Ministries
• Hiway 80 Rescue Mission Outreach

TEXARKANA

• Mission Texarkana
• Salvation Army Texarkana

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WEST TEXAS

LUBBOCK

• Open Door Lubbock
• Salvation Army Lubbock

MIDLAND

• Open Door Midland
• Salvation Army Permian Basin

ODESSA

• The Bridge Odessa
• Salvation Army Odessa

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TEXAS PANHANDLE

AMARILLO

• The Salvation Army Amarillo
• Martha’s Home

PLAINVIEW

• Bread of Life Ministry

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STATEWIDE FREE MEAL PROGRAMS

• The Salvation Army (multiple Texas cities)
• Meals on Wheels Texas
• Kids Cafe Programs
• Summer Food Service Program Sites
• Mobile Loaves & Fishes Programs
• Food Not Bombs Chapters
• St. Vincent de Paul Meal Programs
• Union Gospel Mission Meal Programs
• Rescue Mission Community Kitchens