Where To Get Food Assistance In All 21 NJ Counties

A week into November, hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents are faced with no money to buy food.

More than 800,000 who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — including children, the disabled and elderly people — have not received benefits or have received a pittance for November. That is in spite of orders by two federal judges to the Trump administration to use funds specifically set aside by Congress to fund SNAP in an emergency.

In addition, thousands of federal employees continue to go unpaid as the government shutdown marks its 37th day.

Last week, two federal judges ordered that the Trump Administration, specifically the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), tap into $4.65 billion in contingency funds to keep the program afloat. As a result, SNAP recipients have seen small deposits for November that will be used up quickly. See Related: SNAP Benefits Partially Restored: What It Means For NJ

On Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy used New Jersey Air National Guard members to deliver refrigerated storage containers to the Community Foodbank of New Jersey and Fulfill, giving those organizations increased cold storage capacity to provide meat, dairy, and produce to dozens of food pantries that the two organizations support.

If you need help, here are food pantry and food assistance resources for every county in New Jersey, compiled from several sources, including county-maintained lists and information gathered by independent organizations.

Atlantic County

• Food banks and food pantries list from the Center for Family Services
• Food pantries list from the Housing and Community Network of New Jersey

Bergen County

• Food pantries list from Bergen County government
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Burlington County

• Food pantries finder by ZIP code from Food Banks of South Jersey
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Camden County

• Food pantries list from Camden County government
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Cape May County

• Food pantries list from Cape May County government
• Food pantries list from Center for Family Services

Cumberland County

• Food pantries list from Cumberland County government
• Food pantries search from Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Essex County

• Food pantries, soup kitchens and food banks list from Essex County government
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Gloucester County

• Food pantries list from Gloucester County government
• Food pantries list from Housing and Community Network of New Jersey

Hudson County

• Food pantries list from Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Newark
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Hunterdon County

• Food pantries list from Hunterdon County government
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Mercer County

• Food pantries list and information from Patch
• Food pantries list from Mercer County government

Middlesex County

• Food pantries list from Woodbridge Township government (covers the whole county)
• Food assistance information from Middlesex County government

Monmouth County

• Food pantries list from Fulfill
• Food pantries list from needhelppayingbills.com

Morris County

• Food pantries list and information from Patch
• Food pantries list from Morris County government

Ocean County

• Food pantries list and information from Patch
• Food pantries list from Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey

Passaic County

• Food pantries list from Highlands Family Success Center
• Food pantries list and information from Passaic County government

Salem County

• Food pantries list from Salem County Health Department
• Food pantries search by ZIP code from Food Banks of South Jersey

Somerset County

• Food pantries list and information from Food Bank Network of Somerset County
• Food pantries search by ZIP code from Community Food Bank of New Jersey

Sussex County

• Food pantries list from Norwescap
• Food pantries list from Sussex County government

Union County

• Food pantries list from Union County government
• Food pantries list from Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey

Warren County

• Food pantries list from Warren County government
• Food pantries list from Norwescap

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice has listings of additional resources in all counties except Cape May, Morris, and Sussex.