If you or someone you know is having trouble getting enough food right now, help is available. 

Many families rely on food programs for support, and local and county partners are working together to make sure no one goes hungry during the temporary suspension of CalFresh and federal benefits. 

Find meal and food resources

Call ahead to confirm hours and availability.

• Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS): Provides emergency assistance, information and referral services, and food programs to families, individuals, and seniors living in Sunnyvale.
• Our Daily Bread Lunch Program: This program provides hot meals three days a week.
  • Call 408-736-4155. 
• Second Harvest of Silicon Valley:
  • Find a Second Harvest food distribution location (online interactive map).
  • Or call the Food Connection team at 800-984-3663. 
• Santa Clara County Senior Nutrition Program: Offers nutritious meals to older adults age 60 and up at over 35 meal sites in Santa Clara County.
  • Find a SCC site (interactive online map).
  • Call 408-755-7680. 
• Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen: Community Meals program, A La Carte Food Recovery program and New Food program for prepared meals.
  • Call 408-922-9085. 
• Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County: Receive free groceries, ready-to-eat meals and other food resources.
  • Call 408-468-0100.
• Sacred Heart Community Services: Get access to healthy, affordable food through a supply of groceries and an assortment of food that doesn’t require cooking
  • Call 408-278-2160. 
• Ecumenical Hunger Program: Offers food distribution, a hot lunch program, groceries and more.
  • Call 650-323-7781. 
• 2-1-1 Bay Area: 24/7 referrals to local food, housing and emergency assistance programs. 
• DoorDash Emergency Food Response Program: Provides one million meals through partner food banks and waives the fees for 300,000 grocery orders by SNAP recipients. DoorDash users who have their SNAP card on their DoorDash profile can have the delivery fees waived for one order.

Donations: To help, make donations to Meals on Wheels, Feeding America, and U.S. Hunger.

For an online directory of safety net and food resources, see the Santa Clara County Resource Guide.