Food PantriesFood Pantries can be very beneficial for individuals needing assistance with food and necessity items. Typically food pantries will only allow you to visit their pantry once a month, and require you to only access one pantry per month. Warning if you are caught using more then one, you could be banded from accessing the pantries in the future. Most pantries are only able to service their local areas. Call before you go to a pantry to make sure the pantry serves your current address.
Below are items typically required before you can access a food pantry. Please contact each pantry directly for their individual requirements.
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Women Infants and Children (WIC)
WIC program provides nutritional educations, health services and supplemental food assistance for pregnant women, infants, and children under 5. This program is through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. To apply for WIC benefits visit your local WIC agency. Click on this link for a list of WIC agencies in the Jackson County area.
WIC program provides nutritional educations, health services and supplemental food assistance for pregnant women, infants, and children under 5. This program is through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. To apply for WIC benefits visit your local WIC agency. Click on this link for a list of WIC agencies in the Jackson County area.
Local Food Assistance Services
Contact: Mike Spaw
(816) 659-8258
Catholic Charities provides afternoon meals to individuals who are elderly or disabled. Catholic Charities also works with United Way to provide funding and food to local food pantries.
Main Office:
404 N Noland Rd
Independence MO 64050
Phone: (816) 254-4100
The Community Services League is an organization that provides emergency food. Their message is to work to provide the poor with ways of becoming self-sufficient. The organization has several locations that are listed on their website.
In addition to food assistance they provide help with job placement, medication assistance, utility assistance, and Christmas gifts.
3637 Broadway Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Please look at website for the phone number for the local office in your area. The Salvation Army provides emergency assistance which includes food pantries. Salvation Army als provides services involving job training, utility assistance, correctional services, and housing vouchers.
600 N Liberty
Independence, MO 64050
Phone (816) 252-0121 ext 109
St Mary Catholic Church provides outreach ministry to individuals in the community by providing a food pantry to individuals needing assistance. The pantry is open Wednesday and Thursday from 9-12 each week.
6323 Manchester Ave
Kansas City, MO 64133
Phone (816) 358-6868
United Services League has been a stable in the Kansas City community by providing a number of services to the poor. Besides providing emergency food services, they also assist in utility funds, rental assistance, case management, and referral services to other agencies.
(816) 659-8258
Catholic Charities provides afternoon meals to individuals who are elderly or disabled. Catholic Charities also works with United Way to provide funding and food to local food pantries.
Main Office:
404 N Noland Rd
Independence MO 64050
Phone: (816) 254-4100
The Community Services League is an organization that provides emergency food. Their message is to work to provide the poor with ways of becoming self-sufficient. The organization has several locations that are listed on their website.
In addition to food assistance they provide help with job placement, medication assistance, utility assistance, and Christmas gifts.
3637 Broadway Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Please look at website for the phone number for the local office in your area. The Salvation Army provides emergency assistance which includes food pantries. Salvation Army als provides services involving job training, utility assistance, correctional services, and housing vouchers.
600 N Liberty
Independence, MO 64050
Phone (816) 252-0121 ext 109
St Mary Catholic Church provides outreach ministry to individuals in the community by providing a food pantry to individuals needing assistance. The pantry is open Wednesday and Thursday from 9-12 each week.
6323 Manchester Ave
Kansas City, MO 64133
Phone (816) 358-6868
United Services League has been a stable in the Kansas City community by providing a number of services to the poor. Besides providing emergency food services, they also assist in utility funds, rental assistance, case management, and referral services to other agencies.