Auburn Interfaith Food Closet serves individuals and families living in Central Placer County, from Loomis to Emigrant Gap and Lake of the Pines to Foresthill.
We provide enough groceries to make 12 meals for each member of the household. Guests may visit the Food Closet once every month (30 days). Our Home Delivery Program delivers groceries once a month to low income homebound seniors. We give out nutritious food, guided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choose My Plate guidelines, including Protein, Dairy, Fruit, Vegetables and Grains. Foods are tailored to meet the needs of the homeless.

AIFC participates in The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
How to get started

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The Meadow Vista Friendly Neighbors organization serves Meadow Vista, Clipper Gap, Christian Valley, Applegate, and Weimar residents. Throughout the year Meadow Vista Friendly Neighbors may be able to provide emergency food to people in need, and in December they provide Christmas Baskets.

Sierra Reach Ministries is a faith based organization offering a food, clothing, and housewares closet as well as referral services. Also offers "Pathfinders" a spiritual men’s only 12 step recovery program.

The church has weekly worship hours. Please call or visit the church if your want to be involved in the church’s community outreach programs or need assistance.

The Food and Clothing Ministry occurs every Thursday from 9am-11:30 am

CalFresh
CalFresh (also known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP) is a federally mandated program that provides monthly food benefits to assist low-income households in purchasing nutritious food. Visit the California Department of Social Services CalFresh Site for more information on the CalFresh program.

CalFresh Benefits
The amount of CalFresh benefits depends on family size, income, and monthly expenses such as housing, utilities, and child care. The benefits will be loaded onto an Electronic Benefits Transfer card (EBT card) that looks like a regular credit card and can be used at most markets and grocery stores. Learn more about how to get and use your EBT card. In general, these benefits are for any food or ingredient intended for human consumption. Benefits may also be used to buy seeds to grow your own food. Benefits may not be used for items such as alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, or paper products. CalFresh benefits may be able to be used at some resta…

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Replace lost or damaged food

People can request replacement benefits for food that they bought using CalFresh and that they lost or had damaged in an emergency such as fire, natural disaster, power outages, etc. A form must be submitted within 10 days of the end of an event, such as a power outage. Sometimes counties extend the deadline beyond 10 days.

To Apply for Replacement Benefits
Complete and submit Replacement or Disaster Supplement Affidavit (CF 303) to apply for CalFresh replacement benefits after disaster.

• In person - Nevada County Department of Social Services suggests that people come in person to a DSS office for most efficient service.
• Online - at BenefitsCal.com
• Fax completed form to 530-265-9860

Forms

• English CF 303 form
• Spanish CF 303 form

Locations
GRASS VALLEY - Brighton Greens
988 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949
530-265-1340

NEVADA CITY - Eric Rood Administrative Center
950 Maidu Ave, Suite 120, Nevada City, CA 95959
530-265-1340

TRUCKEE - Nevada County Joseph Center
10075 L…

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2024 Market Money dates and locations will be added when confirmed.


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2023 CalFresh Market Money (also known as Market Match) runs June 3 - Nov 18, 2023

Spend CalFresh dollars at Western Nevada County Farmers Markets and receive up to a $15 match per market every week. Come to the Farmers Market booth, show EBT card and photo ID (must be a Nevada County resident), then Market Match tokens will be given to match EBT purchases (up to $15). Tokens can be used to buy food at participating farm stands. Market Match will be available at the TUESDAY and SATURDAY and markets. See times and locations below. Details different for Truckee market - see below.

Market Money can be used June 3 - Nov 18, 2023. Dates below are for the entire farmers market summer and fall season.

2023 Farmers Markets offering this program:

TUESDAY MARKET
Grass Valley – Pine Creek Shopping Center, near Jamba Juice, 650 Freeman Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949
May 2 – September 12, 9am-1pm

SATURDAY MARKET
Gras…

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Offers a nutrition, breastfeeding and health education program that helps pregnant women, mothers with new babies, and young children, under age 5 years, eat well and stay healthy. Families receive checks to purchase nutritious foods at grocery stores. Legal guardians such as fathers, foster parents, and grandparents can receive checks on behalf of children. 

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Penn Valley offers an Emergency Food Distribution on Thursdays from 9:30-11:30am at 17645 Penn Valley Drive, Penn Valley, CA 95946.

Emergency Food is a bag of dried, non-perishable food (2-3 day supply) intended to tide someone over to the next regular food distribution by the Food Bank of Nevada County or Interfaith Food Ministry.

People from anywhere in Nevada County are eligible for emergency food and for the Food Bank of Nevada County regular distributions.

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Seventh Day Adventist Church in Penn Valley - https://pennvalleyca.adventistchurch.org/
• Food Bank of Nevada County regular distributions.  Every Thursdays - https://foodbankofnc.org/get-food-here

2024 info will be added when available
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The California Department of Education provides free nutritious meals to children during summer vacation. See links for more info about these free summer lunches. Call the site contact person to confirm details.

Web pages

• 2024 update - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/smrmealsmediarelease2024.asp
• Home - California Department of Education - https://www.cde.ca.gov/
  • Search "summer meal sites"
• All counties - 2024 link will be added when available
• Nevada County - 2024 link will be added when available
• Placer County - 2024 link will be added when available

FromIFM: Beginning April 1, 2024 please note that cars will not be allowed to startlining up until 9:30am. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we workto ensure a smooth process for all. Kindly consider arriving later for shorterwait times. While wait times are typically over 60 minutes at opening, theydrop to around 30 minutes later in the day (after 11:30am/noon).
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InterfaithFood Ministry provides supplemental groceries, including baby formula and babyfood when available, to low-income individuals and families. Diapers are alsoavailable at regular food distributions, and they will also hand out diapersonly (no food) on Tuesday or Thursday from 7am-11am.

Peopleneeding free supplemental groceries are allowed to come to IFM once every otherweek.*

WHAT:Food distribution

WHEN:Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10am-1pm. ALSO every Saturday from10am-12pm in collaboration with United Way of Nevada County.

WHERE:440 Henderson Street, Grass Val…

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