Food Resources

Here is a helpful guide on how to receive food assistance if you are a family with school-age children.

CEDA will keep their essential services available to people in crisis and will be helping residents and communities who are unable to meet their basic needs.

The virus and widespread closures to contain it are having a devastating and unprecedented impact on local businesses and families.

Legal Aid Chicago has a list of resources for residents who need assistance with housing, food, utilities, unemployment compensation and more.

Here's a roundup of Block Club Chicago's guides on what to do if you need financial assistance, if you're sick, if you're stressed out and more.

The City of Chicago is mobilizing every resource at their disposal and collaborating with national, state and local partners to develop a comprehensive and coordinated response to the virus.

Food pantries and evening meal programs will continue to provide food depending on supplies and safe distribution protocols. The Catholic Charities website provides a directory of emergency services with locations and phone numbers.

This site serves as a resource for individuals, businesses, and organizations in the Bloomington-Normal communities during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The South Side Weekly is collecting items of particular relevance to South Siders, including information about unemployment benefits, public health, elder care, emergency food assistance, housing and tenants rights, and more. 

Browse a list of all the Emergency Food Programs provided through Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens in Chicago, Illinois and surrounding cities that I have located.