Emergency Food
Need Food Now? – 211
If you or someone you know needs emergency food, please dial 2-1-1. To call using a cell phone or pay phone, dial 414-773-0211 or toll free 1-866-211-3380. An operator will help you locate the closest emergency food pantry and/or meal program in your area.
Emergency Food – Pantries, Meal Sites & Distributions
Hunger Task Force has created a list of confirmed, trusted sites that provide food safely and reliably. The map below lists public senior Stockbox sites, school meal sites and emergency food sites in Milwaukee. Click on individual sites to see details – days and times of service, type of program, etc.
Looking for Help with Food?
Hunger Task Force is a food bank that supplies food to emergency food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. We also partner with locations that provide school meals, distribute Stockboxes to seniors and help people sign up for FoodShare.
Grocery stores will continue to be your first and best place to obtain food. Food pantries and Hunger Task Force services are for people with little or no money for food. Consider the following questions when wondering about food.
What is your need for emergency food today?
If you have food in your home, you do not need emergency food.
Do you have little or no food in your home?
If you have little or no food in your home, visit a food pantry. Check the map above to see which pantry is closest nearby.
If there are children in your home, you can also obtain school meals.
If there is a low-income adult age 60 or older in your home, they can receive a Stockbox. Check the map for drive-thru locations.
If you are recently unemployed, laid off, or have had your hours reduced, apply for FoodShare at www.access.wisconsin.gov. Do you not need to go to the welfare office; you may apply online.
Are you looking for homebound delivery?
Food pantries, soup kitchens and food banks do not provide homebound delivery. Ask yourself “Who normally helps me?” and contact them for help to get food picked up. You can provide a note allowing this individual to be a proxy for emergency food. Give this note to your support person to pick up a Stockbox and they can receive it for you.
FoodShare
The Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) know locally as FoodShare, is a federal program that provides food buying power at the grocery store through an EBT card called Quest. Eligibility is based upon your household income and size. Learn more.