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Provides a center for adults 60+ for recreation, friendship and a hot lunch. Offers a hub of resources for members and their families to maintain health, independence and wellbeing. Events foster creativity, peer-support, health, nutrition, physical fitness and volunteerism.

Provides an electronic benefit that can be used like cash to buy food at any store that has a sign displaying the Virginia Electronic Benefits Card or the Quest sign. Each eligible household will receive a card that may be used like a bank debit card to purchase eligible food items from their account.

Provides meals for the hungry.

Offers emergency food available through self-referral.

Provides a Soup Kitchen for local community.

Provides food to persons in need. The EFB provides a 3-day supply of food to persons in need on a self-referral basis. Thereafter by agency referral only.

Provides nutritious, ready-to-eat meals to neighbors who can't access or prepare meals for themselves. This includes people who need short-term assistance while recovering from an illness, surgery, or hospital stay, and those with long-term needs. Each meal is tailored to meet the dietary needs of the recipients under the guidance of a registered dietitian. Meals are delivered by volunteers every Monday through Friday, including all holidays that fall on weekdays.

Provides a non-profit regional food clearing house that gathers, stores and distributes to participating charitable agencies government surplus food products and edible but unmarketable food that has been acquired from other sources at a low cost.

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age 5 who cannot afford an adequate diet and have a nutritional risk.

Provides groceries once every 4 weeks to those in need. Food pantry contains perishable and non-perishables. Must pick up food in person. Picture ID required.

Offers the following forms of assistance to community residents: Some canned goods, bread, and fresh produce including meat, eggs, and oil. Also has a varying supply of personal hygiene items and diapers. Accessibility: Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

Provides a center for adults 60+ to enjoy recreation, friendship and a hot lunch. Offers a hub of resources for members and their families to maintain health, independence, and wellbeing. Events foster creativity, peer-support, health, nutrition, physical fitness and volunteerism.

Delivers meals to homes of eligible adults 60+, in need of support due to accident, illness or frailty, and have no one to prepare their meals. Program participants are those who are at-risk of not having access to nutritious, prepared food. Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

Loaves & Fishes provides groceries at no cost up to two times each month to under-resourced individuals and families from Charlottesville and all surrounding counties.

SNAP can be used like cash to buy eligible food items from authorized retailers. Authorized retailers will display either the Quest logo or a picture of a Virginia EBT card. A SNAP account is established for eligible households, and automatic deposits are made into the account each month.

Web-based program that allows Virginians to: * Screen for eligibility for Department of Social Services (DSS) benefits & services * Apply for benefits & services (including renewals) * Check status of benefits * Report changes to status * Access help 24/7 Provides ability to submit one application for assistance from multiple programs: * TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families * SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program * MA Medical Assistance * EA Energy Assistance * Child Care * Callers with Internet access - Provide with website address above * Callers without Internet access - Determine whether they meet income eligibility requirements listed below. If no, do not proceed to CommonHelp. If yes, may be eligible for assistance. Proceed to steps below. * Access CommonHelp website and perform eligibility pre-screening * When completed, inform caller whether may/may not be eligible * DO NOT complete application for caller * Refer caller to local Department of Social Services for further information * Enter contact as referrals for: CommonHelp, DSS-Specific Service (TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, etc.) and provide additional referrals as needed.

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) will begin reviewing applications for Virginia SUN Bucks in spring 2026 and issuing benefits in summer 2026 to qualifying children. The program provides $120 in supplemental grocery funds to hundreds of thousands of children across the Commonwealth. VDSS will distribute benefits initially to more than 650,000 children found automatically eligible through their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and income-eligible Medical Assistance. Also included in this distribution are children determined eligible through an approved application for free or reduced-price meals from the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). If a child is not automatically eligible for Virginia SUN Bucks and needs to apply, a paper application is available here to download, print and mail in, or applicants can contact the Virginia SUN Bucks Call Center from July 1- August 15, at 866-513-1414 to apply. The following information about the child is necessary to complete the application: Legal name (first and last name). Date of birth (month, date, year). Home address Child’s school name. School’s county/city division. Student ID number (found in the school’s parent portal). All family income (from work and other sources). Proof of citizenship or legal status (not required). The last four digits of their Social Security number (not required). Children found eligible through a Virginia SUN Bucks application will be issued benefits starting August 1, 2026. VDSS will complete distribution of all SUN Bucks benefits by the end of September 2026. Additional information about this program is found at VirginiaSunBucks.com, information about eligibility, benefit distribution, other SUN Meals programs,

Customers can now lock and unlock their Electronic Benefit Transfer cards between uses, helping ensure that only authorized transactions occur when the card is ready to be used. The new feature is easy to access using the ConnectEBT app available for download on both Android and Apple devices. ConnectEBT is the only officially licensed app to service Virginia Electronic Benefit Transfer customers and is managed by Conduent Inc., a private company that provides a range of services to government agencies. Virginia, along with 20 other states, contracts with Conduent to administer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other benefits.

Find farmers with excess and unmarketable (but safe and edible) fresh produce to share, work with them to acquire that food, usually through the help of gleaning volunteers who pick, dig, and gather the available food. Distribute the food free of charge to feeding agencies nearby, including soup kitchens, shelters, emergency and disaster relief programs, food pantries, and major food banks. Work with food pantries and other agencies that are not able to receive food from the major food banks, to be sure that the people they serve has access to healthy fruits and vegetables. Do not own warehouses or trucks, and there is no food on-site at our headquarters in Big Island, Virginia.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program provides nutritious meals and snacks in daycare centers for children and adults and has been doing so for forty years. CACFP also provides meals and snacks to emergency shelters. The Summer Food Service Program is generally administered from the close of the school year through late August. Nutritious meals are provided to participants in these programs that are sponsored by public schools, parks and recreation center, etc.

This Federal program is designed to provide nutritious meals to children and adults while in group care by off-setting their center's food costs. We administer this program for child care centers, adult care centers, and afterschool programs.