Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP)

What is HPNAP?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that more than two million New Yorkers, 12% of the population, do not always have enough money to meet their basic nutritional needs.

Almost 35% of New York's residents have incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and may be eligible for federal food assistance programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) . But these programs do not adjust for New York State's higher costs for housing, utilities and food. HPNAP helps to fill this gap.

For more than 30 years, HPNAP has provided state and federal funds to improve the quality of food distributed to an estimated 2,500 Emergency Food Relief Organizations (EFRO) in New York State. These EFROs include food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens and emergency shelters which have provided more than 220 million meals each year to people who are in need.

• Our History
• Goal, Benefits, and Services
• Provider Resources
  • A Guide to using HPNAP Funds to Buy Food - Purchased and Donated
  • Strive to be a Healthy Gold Star HPNAP Pantry
  • HPNAP Minimum Guidelines for a Healthy Pantry Bag - 3 Meals/3 Days
• Service-type Definitions
• Contact an Emergency Relief Organization in your region

Reports

• 2022 Gifts to Food Banks Report (PDF)
• 2022 Annual Assessment Report (PDF)
• Unmet Need for Cold Storage Equipment Report 2022 (PDF)

For More Information

• New York State Department Of Health
  Division of Nutrition/Bureau of Nutrition Risk Reduction
  Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program
  Riverview Center
  150 Broadway FL 6W
  Albany New York 12204-2719
  Phone: (518) 402-7333
  Fax:(518) 402-7220
  E-mail: hpnap@health.ny.gov
  Healthy Food for Hungry People

Equal Opportunity Notice

HPNAP is an equal-opportunity provider.