Founded in 1980, the agency first focused exclusively on feeding New York’s hungry children and adults. Over time, FoodChange expanded our services to address the underlying financial barriers that compel people to participate in these emergency meals programs. Our initiatives include increasing people’s income and purchasing power through access to benefits and vocational skill-building. In further pursuit of our mission, we also aim to make nutrition and wholesome eating a daily reality for all New Yorkers.

Whether our staff is serving healthy meals at our Community Kitchen, working with school administrators to change the school lunch program in the New York City Public School System, educating individuals about eligibility for food stamps or processing tax returns for EITC-eligible workers, our mission remains the same. For us, the issues of food and income are interconnected and therefore require creative solutions to these pressing social problems.

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