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Help buying groceries and getting meals for you and your family. Your state runs food benefits (SNAP), WIC for pregnant people and young children, and school meals. Food banks and free meal sites near you can help too, often the same day.Help in Kentucky.

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Tell us more about what you need. We answer first, then show the programs that fit, then ask a few questions to narrow it down.

Programs in Kentucky

Kentucky programs for this kind of help. Each agency decides who qualifies.

  • Department for Community Based Services

    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    SNAP helps eligible households buy food.

    Ways to apply:OnlinePhonePaperIn person

    Apply online Agency pageCall 855-306-8959

  • Department for Community Based Services and Department for Public Health

    Women, Infants and Children Program

    WIC provides nutrition support and food benefits to eligible pregnant and postpartum people, infants, and children under five.

    Ways to apply:In person

    Agency pageCall DCBS: 855-306-8959Call DPH: 877-597-0367

  • Department for Community Based Services

    Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer

    In Kentucky, Summer EBT is called SEBT.

    Summer EBT gives eligible school-age children a one-time grocery benefit for the summer.

    Ways to apply:Online

    Apply online Agency pageCall 855-306-8959

  • Kentucky Department of Education

    School Meal Programs

    School meal programs provide free or reduced-price meals to eligible students at participating schools.

    Ways to apply:PaperIn person

    Agency pageCall 502-564-5625

Checked on October 8, 2026

Food banks that serve Kentucky

Food banks in the Feeding America network supply the food pantries and meal sites near you. Call yours or check its website to find one close by.

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