Emergency and Food Assistance

What is SNAP? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides electronic benefits that can be used like cash to purchase food. SNAP helps low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled […]

Each year, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens provides more than 500,000 meals to the homebound elderly, in addition to a full range of case management services. If you are 60 […]

The WIC Program offers eligible participants food benefits for healthy foods together with nutrition counseling, health education, farmer’s market vouchers, breastfeeding support, referrals to health care and social services. The […]

The Catholic Charities Community Outreach Centers provide information about and referrals to Catholic Charities’ network of programs and services, as well as to agencies and organizations outside of Catholic Charities. […]

Our Call Center provides information about and referrals to Catholic Charities’ network of programs and services, as well as to agencies and organizations outside of Catholic Charities. H: Monday – […]

Our network of Food Pantries provides food assistance to many families and individuals in need throughout Brooklyn and Queens. Last year, our pantries helped distribute more than 1 million meals […]