Visit our Food Pantry links for daily pantries & meal sites in Rockland County.
Use your SNAP benefits EBT card to pay at grocery stores and farmers' markets.
Use your SNAP benefits EBT card to pay at grocery stores and farmers' markets.
Your EBT/Food Stamp/SNAP card is welcome at a farmers' market near you!
Food Assistance Programs
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 - The RCC website has an online calendar that gives the hours and locations of food pantries and community meals offered in Rockland County on each day of the week.
Meals on Wheels provides home-delivered meals-on-wheels, community center meals, nutrition assessments, nutrition counseling, and help applying for SNAP benefits (formerly Food Stamps) for older
State & National Programs:
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: http://snap.nal.usda.gov/resource-library/eat-right-when-moneys-tight .
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 Rockland County, and other WIC resources on this website Rockland County Health Department . Or Call (845) 364-2577 for an appointment and more information, or call one of the WIC offices below:
- Monsey WIC - (845) 426-6351 - 23 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 103, Monsey - Monday to Friday
- Spring Valley WIC - (845) 426-0971 English or (845) 426-0972 Spanish - 14 South Main Street, Spring Valley - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
- Haverstraw WIC - (845) 429-5525 - 26 New Main Street, Haverstraw - Wednesdays and Thursdays
- New Square WIC - (845) 364-3329 - 9 Jackson Avenue, New Square - Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Nyack WIC - (845) 353-6037 - 58 DePew Avenue, Nyack - Mondays
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 SNAP-Ed New York Program helps individuals and families who have limited resources to gain the knowledge and skills to make healthier food and activity choices.
Last updated December 18, 2023
Food Resources During the Pandemic
Pandemic EBT
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 authorized the payment of P-EBT food benefits to households with children who would have received free or reduced-price school meals under the National School Lunch Act, if not for a school closure.
If your family receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance (TA) benefits and you have school-age children (ages 5-18), you will automatically receive P-EBT food benefits for each eligible school-age child in your household. The benefits will automatically be issued to your family’s current EBT card.
If you have children who receive free or reduced-price school lunch, but your family does not receive SNAP or TA benefits, you still will automatically get P-EBT food benefits for each school-age child in your household. More information about how children who do not live in households that get SNAP or TA benefits will be mailed to you. Begin checking your mail for this P-EBT notice beginning in mid-June.
My Benefits
Use New York's myBenefits website to find out if you are eligible to receive Food Stamps and other benefits. It's quick and easy, and if you qualify, you can apply for benefits online! You may be able to get help with the following:
- Help with buying food
- Temporary Assistance (TA)
- Special tax credits
- Home Energy Assistance
- WIC - Women, Infants and Children
- Prescription drug insurance coverage for seniors
- Various Health Insurance programs for individuals, families, children, and sole proprietors