MENU Get Food FIND FOOD LOCATIONS GET ON YOUR FEET FEED OUR KIDS Find food locations Get the help you need. Use our interactive map Mobile Pantry Calendar: November 2021 Mobile Pantry Calendar: December 2021 View pantry locations sorted by zip code Get on your feet Finding the right resources can mean the difference between barely getting by – and moving forward with your life. Here, you’ll find details on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility, as well as information about the Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry program. To find Nebraska food locations, please call the Food Bank at 1-855-444-5556. To find Iowa food locations, please call the Food Bank at 1-855-944-3663. View the USDA Nondiscrimination Statement SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Mobile Pantry Feed our kids One in five children in Nebraska and western Iowa under the age of 18 is at risk for hunger. Food Bank for the Heartland partners with organizations throughout the region to provide programs and resources designed to help kids stay fed, healthy and happy. Learn more about the Mobile BackPack and BackPack Programs, Kids Cafe and Kids Cruisin’ Kitchen below. Mobile BackPack and BackPack Programs After schools in the Omaha metro closed due to COVID-19 in March 2020, Food Bank for the Heartland worked with local school officials and other partners to identify gaps in service and swiftly coordinated and launched the Mobile BackPack program. This program offered free meal bags to children. Each bag contained five breakfast servings and five lunch servings, including fresh milk and produce. The Mobile BackPack program ran from March 20 to August 7, 2020 and served 421,175 critical children’s meals. During the pandemic, we have distributed 1.63 million Mobile BackPack and traditional BackPack meals to children. Some schools in communities outside the Omaha metro continued receiving traditional BackPack meals for children throughout the spring and summer in 2020. The Food Bank’s conventional BackPack program resumed for most schools when the school year began last fall. Currently, we are distributing 8,464 packs every week to children in 256 schools across 112 school districts in Nebraska and western Iowa. Each meal pack is assembled by dedicated volunteers at the Food Bank. The BackPack program has always been important but especially this year. I’ve never had more students request food. They are thrilled and relieved to know they will have meals to eat over the weekend. Kids can fix the food themselves if their parents are working, and the items are shelf stable. I’m grateful to Food Bank for the Heartland for this program. Without it, I don’t know what some of our students would do. – Debi Jaeke, Counselor, Omaha Public Schools To learn more about the BackPack program, please contact Megan Burton, Community & Partner Support Manager. For sponsorship information, please contact Kelly Ptacek, Vice President of External Affairs, at 402.905.4808. View a list of schools participating in the Backpack program. Kids Cafe Kids Cruisin' Kitchen ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS CONTACT US Food Bank for the Heartland 10525 J Street Omaha, NE 68127 P: 402.331.1213 Info@FoodBankHeartland.org Careers & Policies | ©2021 Food Bank for the Heartland is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. EIN: 47-0637701