Partnerships that
benefit Families

Partnerships that
benefit Families

Our Partners are critical in our mission to support children and their families experiencing food insecurity in our communities. Your interest in partnering will have a great impact not just today but for their quality of life in the long run. Find details about how to partner for the different programs, requirements and how to contact the team.

1 in 5 southeast Texas children are considered food insecure

Backpack Buddy

Many children rely on school meals to provide breakfast and lunch during the school year. During breaks, such as weekends and holidays, many of these children go home to little or no meals. The Backpack Buddy program works to fill that gap by providing nutritious, child-friendly food for school children to take home over the weekend.

Contact our Backpack Buddy team to get started.

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Kids Café:

Kids Café helps alleviate childhood hunger by providing children with access to fresh, healthy meals and snacks in after-school, summer and child care programs. Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture allow Houston Food Bank to partner with community organizations to ensure children have access to free meals after school. All meals meet or exceed USDA requirements.
Organizations that would like to partner with the Houston Food Bank must complete an application and meet program requirements. To ensure a smooth application process, please double-check that your site name and all required information is correct.

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Contact Kids Café for more information.

Summer Meal Program:

When school is out for the summer, organizations can partner with Houston Food Bank to provide breakfast, lunch and snack options to nourish our youth. Through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Houston Food Bank provides more than 12,000 meals per day to more than 250 community sites.

Review requirements for the Summer Food Service Program.

Apply to be a summer partner

School Market

Houston Food Bank is looking to partner with schools and organizations that will support students and their families as they work towards healthy, stable lives. School Market representatives work with partners to monitor, collect and track the progress and outcome of school pantry neighbors as they journey towards self-sufficiency.

Agree to designate 2 of your staff members to provide oversight of the student market.

Agree to provide “core” student volunteers to unload truck, stock shelves, service clients, conduct customer service surveys.

Agree to the tracking and maintenance of client records with our electronic client data system Link2Feed.

Agree the food provided cannot be sold, used for other programs, used at fundraisers, given to staff (unless registered as a client), or used for any other purpose other than to provide food to chronically hungry families.

Brick and Mortar Market must commit for 2 years

Mobile Market must commit for 1 year.

Download Our School Market Flyer

Contact School Market for more information.