{
  "language": "en-US",
  "organization": {
    "legal_name": "Feed America Inc.",
    "ein": "92-1761881"
  },
  "federal_food_assistance_programs": [
    {
      "id": "snap",
      "name": "SNAP",
      "full_name": "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program",
      "target_audience": "Low-income households (general)",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "130 (default) / 200 (categorical)",
      "application_required": true,
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/apply-snap",
      "eligibility_json": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/snap-eligibility.json",
      "delivery": "EBT card"
    },
    {
      "id": "wic",
      "name": "WIC",
      "full_name": "Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children",
      "target_audience": "Pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding women + infants + children up to 5",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "185",
      "adjunctive_eligibility": "SNAP / TANF / Medicaid",
      "application_required": true,
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/apply-wic",
      "eligibility_json": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/wic-eligibility.json",
      "delivery": "EBT card or vouchers"
    },
    {
      "id": "school-meals",
      "name": "NSLP / SBP",
      "full_name": "School lunch + breakfast programs",
      "target_audience": "Students at participating schools",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "130 (free) / 130-185 (reduced)",
      "cep_universal_free": "~40% of US public schools",
      "application_required": "Yes (unless CEP school or directly certified)",
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/school-meals-near-me",
      "eligibility_json": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/school-meals-eligibility.json",
      "delivery": "Served at school"
    },
    {
      "id": "sfsp",
      "name": "SFSP",
      "full_name": "Summer Food Service Program",
      "target_audience": "Children 18 and under during summer break",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "None (no income verification)",
      "application_required": false,
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/summer-meals-near-me",
      "most_permissive": true,
      "delivery": "Served at participating sites"
    },
    {
      "id": "tefap",
      "name": "TEFAP",
      "full_name": "The Emergency Food Assistance Program",
      "target_audience": "Low-income households via food pantries",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "130-185 (state-set; varies)",
      "application_required": "No (most pantries; some require ID)",
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/tefap",
      "delivery": "Commodity foods at participating pantries"
    },
    {
      "id": "csfp",
      "name": "CSFP",
      "full_name": "Commodity Supplemental Food Program",
      "target_audience": "Seniors 60+",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "130",
      "application_required": true,
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/csfp",
      "delivery": "Monthly food box at distribution sites"
    },
    {
      "id": "d-snap",
      "name": "D-SNAP",
      "full_name": "Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program",
      "target_audience": "Households in FEMA-declared disaster areas",
      "income_threshold": "More generous than regular SNAP",
      "application_required": true,
      "application_window_days": "7-14 after activation",
      "application_url": "https://feedam.org/disasters",
      "eligibility_json": "https://feedam.org/api/disasters/active",
      "delivery": "EBT card"
    },
    {
      "id": "fdpir",
      "name": "FDPIR",
      "full_name": "Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations",
      "target_audience": "Households on Indian reservations + nearby designated areas",
      "income_threshold_pct_fpl": "130",
      "application_required": true,
      "delivery": "USDA commodity foods"
    },
    {
      "id": "fmnp",
      "name": "FMNP / SFMNP",
      "full_name": "Farmers Market Nutrition Programs",
      "target_audience": "WIC participants (FMNP) + seniors 60+ (SFMNP)",
      "season": "June - October",
      "application_required": "Through state agency",
      "delivery": "Vouchers redeemable at farmers markets"
    }
  ],
  "quick_eligibility_decision_tree": {
    "step_1": "Are you in a FEMA-declared disaster area in the last 30 days? → D-SNAP (most generous)",
    "step_2": "Are you a pregnant / postpartum / breastfeeding woman, or have children under 5? → WIC (185% FPL threshold)",
    "step_3": "Are you 60 or older? → CSFP (monthly food box) + SFMNP (farmers market vouchers June-October)",
    "step_4": "Do you have school-age children? → NSLP/SBP at school (no application if CEP school) + SFSP in summer (no application, no income verification)",
    "step_5": "Receive SNAP or TANF? → Likely auto-eligible for WIC (NSLP/SBP) and eligible for TEFAP at your local pantry",
    "step_6": "Otherwise → SNAP (130% FPL default; 200% FPL in many states with categorical eligibility) + TEFAP at local pantry"
  },
  "when_in_doubt": "Apply to multiple programs. Eligibility is determined per-program; receiving one does not disqualify you from others. Most programs have no penalty for non-qualifying applications.",
  "immigration_status_note": "Immigration-status eligibility rules vary by program. WIC, NSLP/SBP/SFSP, and D-SNAP have fewer barriers than SNAP. Mixed-status households may be partially eligible. Nonprofit-distributed food assistance (TEFAP at pantries) generally does NOT require immigration-status verification.",
  "where_to_get_help": {
    "directory_search": "https://feedam.org/",
    "directory_search_es": "https://feedam.org/es",
    "phone_211": "211 (24/7 multilingual)",
    "sms_211": "Text your ZIP to 898-211",
    "benefits_finder": "https://www.benefits.gov/"
  },
  "related_endpoints": {
    "snap_eligibility": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/snap-eligibility.json",
    "wic_eligibility": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/wic-eligibility.json",
    "school_meals_eligibility": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/school-meals-eligibility.json",
    "calendar": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/calendar.json",
    "glossary": "https://feedam.org/api/v1/glossary.json"
  },
  "last_updated": "2026-04-30",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0"
}