Food Scholarship

Clients receive food scholarships when they commit to programs that can improve their lives.

Food scholarship partners with food for change

Neighbors receive food scholarships when they commit to programs that can improve their lives. By lowering the financial stress of household grocery costs, individuals are in a better position to get the training, education or knowledge they need to achieve independence.

  • Food scholarship recipients receive groceries twice each month, through designated Food for Change Markets, strategically located near neighbors throughout the greater Houston area.
  • A typical food distribution includes up to 60 pounds of healthy food, per neighbor, half of it produce.
  • Neighbors select the food they want to take home in a grocery store or farmers markets style set up. Due to the pandemic, distribution styles have been modified to maintain safety of clients and Market staff.
  • As with traditional scholarships, recipients of food scholarships must maintain eligibility, in this case, by continuing their participation in programs.

Food Scholarships are integrated into evidence-based programs that measure client outcomes and can be expanded or replicated. We measure success by tracking specific outcomes from each partnership to see if food scholarships help people achieve their goals.

Our economic partners include:

If interested in participating in Food Scholarship at these partner sites, please contact them for eligibility requirements.

Partner Name Address County
BridgeYear 3414 Eastside Street, Houston, TX 77098 Harris
Bridging For Tomorrow 5359 W Richey Rd, Houston TX 77066 Harris
Capital Idea 2101 Crawford Street, Suite 211, Houston, TX 77002 Harris
Career and Recovery 2525 San Jacinto, St, Houston, TX 77002 Harris
Chinese Community Center 9800 Town Park Drive, Houston TX 77036 Harris
Community Health Choice-CareerReady Program 4888 Loop Central Drive Suite 600, Houston TX 77081 Harris
Civic Heart 3131 Emancipation Avenue Suite 400, Houston TX 77004 Harris
Family Houston 411 Durham Drive, Houston, TX 77007 Harris
Fort Bend Women’s Center 501 E. Highway 90A, Richmond, TX 77406 Fort Bend
Goodwill Gessner Career and Training Center  8225 S. Gessner Dr., Houston TX. 77036 Harris
Goodwill Industries of Houston Heights 215 W. 20th St, Houston TX 77008 Harris
Goodwill Industries of Houston Meyerland 9606 Hillcroft, Houston TX 77096 Harris
Goodwill Industries of Houston River Oaks 2520 Brun St, Houston TX 77019 Harris
Houston Health Dept Kashemere Multipurpose center 4802 Lockwood Drive, Houston TX 77026 Harris
Houston Housing Authority Kelly Village, 3118 Green, Houston TX 77020 Harris
Houston Housing Authority Irvinton Village, 2901 Fulton, Houston TX 77009 Harris
Houston Housing Authority Cuney Homes. 3260 Truxillo, Houston TX 77004 Harris
Houston Housing Authority Allen Parkway Village, 1600 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019 Harris
Houston Housing Authority – Jobs Plus Program at Oxford Place 605 Berry Road Houston, TX 77022 Harris
Marvy Finger Foundation Scholarship 99 Detering Street,.Suite 200, Houston TX 77007 Harris
New Hope Housing @ Reed Rd 2605 Reed Rd, Houston, TX 77051 Harris
Opportunity Center: Project Remix Ventures 6500a Chimney Rock Rd, Houston TX 77081 Harris
Per Scholas Houston 4201 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 Harris
Portfolio Residential Services 3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 860, Houston, TX 77098 Harris
RaiseUP Families 2500 Tanglewilde Street, Suite 350, Houston, TX 77063 Harris
Texas Technical Trade School 9700 Almeda-Genoa Road, Suite 501, Houston, TX 77075 Harris
TLC Health and Wellness 6200 Savoy Drive, Suite 1202, Houston, TX 77036 Harris
TSTC Vocational College ARC ( Advocacy & Resource Center 26706 Southwest Freeway, Rosenberg, TX 77471 Harris
Volunteers of America 4804 Yale Street, Houston TX 77018 Harris
WorkFaith 4555 Dacoma Street, Houston, TX 77092 Harris

For questions regarding Food For Change, please contact:

832-369-9390