Shelter Daily at 3:00 PM (First come, first served) Meal Times: Lunch: 12:30pm, Dinner: 5:00pm. Walk-ins welcome! Overnight shelter, showers, and meals

• You must meet the current TEFAP income requirements.
• Recommended to arrive early
• First 35 peoples will be served
• Can visit once every 21 days
• Remember to:
  • bring picture ID to every visit.
  • bring one of the following on 1st visit to prove DC residency:
    • Lease
    • Rent receipt with name and address
    • Utility bill with name and address.
• Might be closed on a holiday. Please check website to confirm before going.

• The food pantry is closed on the first two Mondays of April 2023.
• It is closed on all Federal holidays plus Easter Monday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and December 26th-31st.

Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School hosts an open summer meal site as part of the District of Columbia's DC Youth Meals Program, which is the local implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program. School-aged visitors can stop by during operating hours to receive a free nutritious breakfast and lunch in the school cafeteria. The site is open to the broader community, not just enrolled students, so any child or teen visiting the neighborhood can eat on-site at no cost. There is no application, no income paperwork, and no identification needed to receive a meal. The program is sponsored by DC Public Schools and administered through the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), filling the summer hunger gap when free school-year breakfast and lunch are not available.

Faith Tabernacle UHCA hosts this neighborhood summer meal site in partnership with Faith for the City, providing free breakfast and lunch to children and teens eighteen and younger throughout the summer. Families are welcomed into a friendly community space staffed by church and program volunteers who can also connect visitors with broader faith-based support services available through Faith for the City.

A free USDA summer meal site serving ready-to-eat meals to all DC youth ages 18 and younger. Operated by DC Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services as part of the DC Youth Meals Program, with no application, ID, or proof of income required. The site is open to children throughout the community, not just students enrolled at the host school, and provides two daily meal windows on weekdays.

This drop-in center offers showers, lunch, laundry, a clothing closet, safer use supplies, mail receipt, support groups, and referrals to Hips and outside services. Voicemails are checked within two business days.

Stuart-Hobson Middle School hosts a free DC Youth Meals (Summer Food Service Program) site serving ready-to-eat meals and snacks to children and youth eighteen and younger in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Operated through the DC Public Schools summer feeding partnership with OSSE, the site offers breakfast and lunch during the summer at no cost, with no application, sign-up, or ID required, and is open to any young person who drops in during posted hours.

Free nutritious ready-to-eat meals and snacks served to children and youth through the federally funded DC Summer Meals Program. The Little Lights Center site is operated by Little Lights, a faith-based nonprofit serving under-resourced children, youth, and families in Washington DC since 1995 through year-round youth development, academic support, mentoring, family services, and economic empowerment programming in the Capitol Hill area.

Sherwood Recreation Center is a public indoor/outdoor facility in Ward 6 that, through the District's DC Youth Meals Program, distributes complimentary ready-to-eat breakfast and lunch to any visiting child or teen during the summer months. The site is run by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation as part of the federally funded USDA Summer Food Service Program, providing warm meals on-site at no cost, with no paperwork, registration, or identification required. Children and teens simply walk in during the posted meal windows and are served a balanced meal that meets federal nutrition guidelines. Beyond meals, the center offers broader recreational programming and welcomes walk-in visitors to its facilities.