Visit our Food Pantry links for a list of daily pantries and meal sites in Sullivan County.
You can pay electronically with your SNAP benefits EBT card at grocery stores and farmers' markets.
The National School Lunch Program provides healthy, balanced low-cost or free meals to children each school day.
Your EBT/Food Stamp/SNAP card is welcome at a farmers' market near you!
Food Assistance Programs
ATTENTION! For immediate assistance, contact Marty Colavito, Sullivan Fresh Program Coordinator, at (845) 596-0075!
Making ends meet during difficult times can be easier with help from the right programs and other community resources. Cornell Cooperative Extension works with many local food assistance programs to help families, individuals and seniors find and access food resources that best meet their needs.
Local Programs:
Daily Food Pantries & Community Meals
2024 Community Action Farm Stand & Mass Food Distribution Schedule
MyBenefits.Gov - New York State residents can visit this web site to find out if you are eligible for help through SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), Nutrition Education, Temporary Assistance, HEAP, WIC, School Meals and Summer Meal Programs.
SNAP / (formerly Food Stamp) benefits help low-income working people, seniors, the disabled and others feed their families. The USDA’s SNAP-Ed connection web site provides great tips and resources. Choose from: Healthy Eating on a Budget, 10 Steps to Help fill your grocery bag, Ways to Manage Your Food Dollars and MORE at: https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/
NYDocSubmit is a mobile application that allows certain applicants and recipients in participating social services districts (districts) to take pictures of their documents and submit them to their local district office using their Apple iOS or Android device. There is no need for the individual to take time off from work, stand in line or travel to the district office to drop off documents. NYDocsubmit supports SNAP, HEAP, TA and Medicaid.
The SNAP-to-Market website helps you find NY Farmers' Markets where you can use your SNAP benefits (formerly Food Stamps) and explains how to make Farmers' Market purchases with them. You'll also find information on when fruits and vegetables are in-season at your market, and recipes to use with produce you buy.
WIC - the Women, Infants & Children’s Supplemental Food Program provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to community services for low-income pregnant and post-partum women and their children under five years of age. Breastfeeding support is available. Find out if you are eligible for WIC, see a schedule of monthly WIC clinics in locations around Tompkins County, and other WIC resources on this website. Tompkins County Health Department, 55 Brown Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
Our educational program series and lessons help families and households to stretch their food dollars to make healthier choices and eat better for less! Our Eat Smart New York! Program helps individuals and families who have limited resources to gain the knowledge and skills to make healthier food and activity choices.
Farmers' Market Food Assistance
There are 3 government programs that offer payment options beyond the usual cash, check or credit card to eligible low-income consumers at farmers’ markets. Those options are:
1.Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) checks (WIC)
2.FMNP checks for senior citizens.
3.Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – formerly “Food Stamps” – can be used at Farmers’ Markets equipped with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) machines.
Visit www.sullivancatskillsfarmersmarket.com website for a complete list of which farmers markets accept the above options.
Last updated June 12, 2024
Food Pantries
Click on the grocery bag below to find a list of food pantries and community meals offered in Sullivan County on each day of the week.
Hacle click a la bolsa de comida abajo para una lista de despenda de alimentos y comidas comunitarias ofrecidas en el condado de Sullivan cada dia de la semana.
SNAP / Food Stamps
SNAP benefits help working people, seniors, the disabled and others with limited incomes to feed their families. 
Women, Infants & Children
WIC is for pregnant women or those with children under five who have limited incomes.
Check out our Farmers' Market Directory for the 2023 Sullivan Fresh Farmers' Markets!
SNAP Benefits and More!
To inquire about your SNAP benefit balance, visit the Connect EBT website at www.connectebt.com or by calling the Electronic Benefit Transfer(EBT) hotline at 1(888)328-6399.
For more information about Supplemental EA SNAP benefits, please visit the OTDA website at otda.ny.gov/EA-SNAP.
To apply for SNAP benefits, please visit the OTDA myBenefits website at https://mybenefits.ny.gov/mybenefits/begin if you live outside of New York City and the Access NYC website at https://access.nyc.gov/ if you live in New York city.
If you need additional assistance, please visit the NYS Department of Health website at https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/food-pantries to locate food pantries in the area.
Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard
ATTENTION! For immediate assistance, contact Marty Colavito, Sullivan Fresh Program Coordinator, at (845) 596-0075!
The program is a registered food pantry and soup kitchen under the Hudson Valley Food Bank system and participates with the Nourish NY initiative, opening further opportunities to source product from local, NYS, and USDA Commodities programs at low and no cost. The Community Cupboard is reaching folks who were in need well before the pandemic; invisible populations in public housing, halfway houses, motels and hotels, migrant workers, disabled veterans in hyper rural housing communities, and others-- with no transportation, limited access to services, and living in food deserts. The regular outreach and contact has given these communities a lifeline, a connection to each other, a link to the larger community, and HOPE.