After School

The Houston Food Bank’s Kids Cafe program partners with various community sites to provide free meals and snacks to low-income children up to 18 years in age. The objective of Kids Cafe is to help alleviate childhood hunger by providing children with access to fresh, healthy and warm meals in after-school, summer, and child care programs.

After School

The Houston Food Bank’s Kids Cafe program partners with various community sites to provide free meals and snacks to low-income children up to 18 years in age. The objective of Kids Cafe is to help alleviate childhood hunger by providing children with access to fresh, healthy and warm meals in after-school, summer, and child care programs.

Nourishing, kid-friendly meals served year-round to children in child care, after-school and summer meal program sites throughout 18 southeast Texas counties.

Meals for Children

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Kids Cafe provides fresh, healthy meals and snacks for children up to 18 years old. Meals are cooked in our on-site Keegan Kitchen year-round on weekdays and distributed through our partnerships with after school, child care and summer meal sites. Use our map to find a Kids Cafe location near you.

Partner with the Houston Food Bank

Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture allow the Houston Food Bank to partner with community organizations to ensure children have access to free meals during the summer and 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, double check that your site name and all required information is correct. If you are new to our application site, you must register for an account. If your site isn’t listed in our system, please enter its full name to create a new entry.

Apply here or contact kidscafe@houstonfoodbank.org for more information.

Summer Meals

Summer Meal Program

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

Program runs through: June 8,2026 – August 7, 2026. Applications are now open with a deadline set for March 6th. However, there is no cut off date for non-congregate rural sites to apply.

Summer Food Service Program Requirements

Apply to Become a Summer Meal Site

After School Program

Children should have nutritious food to fuel their evenings. Kids Cafe, funded by the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), provides meals and snacks to our network of after-school enrichment sites. Participation encourages academic success, health and wellness, and physical activity. More than one million meals were provided by Kids Cafe last fiscal year.

Program runs: August 18th-May 29th. Applications are now open with a deadline set for September 5th

Apply to become a partner site

“It provides our children with nutritious meals.”

Tiyoka Cratchan, Audrey Moody Ley Children’s Academy

For questions regarding Kids Cafe, please contact:
Kids Cafe Program
kidscafe@houstonfoodbank.org

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

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