{"id":37677,"date":"2025-10-30T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/?p=37677"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:22:26","slug":"local-food-and-assistance-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/local-food-and-assistance-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Food and Assistance Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> This page compiles food resources and information that will be most useful for Springfield residents. For statewide resources, the Commonwealth is maintaining a page at <a href=\"https:\/\/Mass.gov\/SNAPFreeze\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/Mass.gov\/SNAPFreeze\">Mass.gov\/SNAPFreeze<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Springfield food programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This document lists food banks, pantries, and meal programs in Springfield, with their location, phone number, and schedule. Printed copies of this list are available at the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2025\/10\/FOOD-PROGRAMS-Springfield.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:540px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Springfield Food Programs.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6b1b6bef-0acd-4f4a-ab92-f745736d0763\" href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2025\/10\/FOOD-PROGRAMS-Springfield.pdf\">Springfield Food Programs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2025\/10\/FOOD-PROGRAMS-Springfield.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6b1b6bef-0acd-4f4a-ab92-f745736d0763\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For options outside Springfield, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2025\/10\/FOOD-PROGRAMS-HAMPDEN-COUNTY.pdf\">Hampden County Food Programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brown Bag Program- for seniors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Program by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbankwma.org\/get-help\/brown-bag-food-for-elders\/\">Food Bank of Western Massachusetts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brown Bag Program provides a free bag of groceries once a month for people over the age of 55 who meet certain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbankwma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BB-INCOME-ELIGIBILITY-GUIDELINES-02.2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">income eligibility<\/a>. If you qualify for SSI, Medicaid, Fuel Assistance, Veteran\u2019s Aid or have a documented disability for which you receive SSDI , you may qualify for Brown Bag monthly groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbankwma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BB-INCOME-ELIGIBILITY-GUIDELINES-02.2025.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Brown Bag Income Eligibility Guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community food resources that are available to assist households in and around Springfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[171,5,102,109,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adults","category-news","category-news-adults","category-news-children","category-news-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37677"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37805,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677\/revisions\/37805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}