Feeding America Riverside And San Bernardino Counties

The emergency food assistance program (efap) provides united states department of agriculture (usda) commodities to a network of agency partner sites in riverside county for distribution to eligible individuals and households. In order to be eligible for usda commodities, a recipient or household must reside in the geographical area being served and meet established income guidelines. The program is managed through 34 partner organizations assisting nearly 390,000 men, women and children annually.

Senior citizen food distribution: distributions take place once per month at various locations at pre-scheduled times. Qualification guidelines are the same as for the usda efap. Each site is limited as to the number of eligible participants. This program currently serves over 6,000 low-income seniors and other eligible participants. Program food is provided by the state of california dss and donated food from the food industry, local food drives and corporate donors.