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Food Help — Pantries & Hot Meals

Groceries to take home, and hot meals you do not have to cook — which matters when the power is out. Everything listed here is free. Pick a category to narrow the list, or enter a ZIP code and it will sort by distance from you.

Call before you travel. Pantry days and hours change constantly, and some serve only their own township. Each entry shows where we got the information and when we last checked it.

We do not know where you are yet. Enter a ZIP code or press “Use my location” and the list will sort by distance.

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52 places listed. Days and hours change without notice — call before you set off.

Works anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day

If nothing local is listed, or everything nearby is full, these are the numbers that will find you something.

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211 — statewide health and human services

211

Dial 211 from any phone. Trained local operators know which shelters are open tonight, which have beds, and what the intake cut-off is. This is the single best first call in almost every situation.

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Disaster

American Red Cross — open disaster shelters

1-800-733-2767

The official list of shelters open right now after a disaster, searchable by ZIP. Also available in the free Red Cross Emergency app.

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Housing

HUD shelter and housing finder

Federal directory of emergency shelters, transitional housing, food and health clinics, searchable by city.

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Confidential

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-7233

Free, confidential, 24/7. Text START to 88788 or chat online. They can arrange a confidential shelter placement — you never have to give an address to find one.

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Crisis

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

988

Call or text 988 any time. Free and confidential support for anyone in distress.

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