Food and Nutrition

Food For Families/Food for Seniors (En Español)
Food for Families/Food for Seniors provides nutritional food boxes to pregnant women and post-partum mothers, infants and children under six years old who are not receiving WIC assistance, and seniors 60 years old or older, who meet federal income guidelines and are residents of the State of Louisiana.

The program also educates clients about good nutrition information that includes easy-to-make recipes using commodity foods, caloric intake, how to stretch food dollars and eat a healthy diet.

Food for Families/Food for Seniors currently holds food box distributions throughout 64 Louisiana parishes, with more than 18 sites in Orleans and Jefferson parishes.

Permanent Distribution Sites:
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
1720 St. Bernard Avenue
New Orleans, LA
First four Thursdays of each month, 8 AM - 11 AM

Hope Haven Campus
1108 Barataria Blvd
Marrero, LA
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 AM - 2 PM, Wednesday 12 noon - 5 PM

There are more than 300 sites throughout the state where food is distributed. Please call 1-800-522-3333 TOLL FREE for more information.

Food for Families, Louisiana’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), is an equal opportunity program of the US Department of Agriculture and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals in collaboration with Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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Affiliated Corporation:
Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank distributes donated food to charitable agencies that feed the poor and hungry in Southern Louisiana. Second Harvest sponsors four additional programs including Emergency Food Box sites, Kids Café sites, Second Helpings, and Mobile Pantry.
(504) 734-1322