St. Vincent de Paul provides groceries and other goods to people and families in need through their Food Locker program.

Offerings include:

• Supplemental groceries
• Hygiene packets (as available)
• For families with infants and small toddlers:
  • Baby formula
  • Baby food
  • Diapers
• Feminine hygiene products

Additional notes:

The Food Locker is closed on all major holidays.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placersvdp.com/
• Food Locker - https://www.placersvdp.com/get-help/#foodlocker

The Nevada County Department of Social Services provides drop-in benefits information and application assistance.

They help people in enrolling in or renewing benefits programs like:

• Cash Assistance | CalWORKs & more
• Food Assistance | CalFresh
• Healthcare | Medi-Cal
• Housing
• In-Home Supportive Services
• Veterans Services

Drop-In Days and Locations

• Grass Valley Library
  • 207 Mill St, Grass Valley, CA 95945
  • 530-273-4117
  • First Tuesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm
• Madelyn Helling Library
  • 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, CA 95959
  • 530-265-7050
• First Wednesdays, 10am-12pm

Additional notes:

These are drop-in services and no appointment is necessary.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/879/Social-Services
• Drop-in Services Information - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=7270

EatWell is a virtual food pantry that addresses food waste and food insecurity. EatWell feeds people, not the landfill. It is a forward-thinking  mobile app that connects edible food generators—like restaurants, stores, and school and hospital cafeterias—to people in need.

Web pages

• Home - https://eat-well.org/

The Meadow Vista Friendly Neighbors provides emergency food to people in need throughout the year, with Christmas Baskets provided in December.

Residents of the following communities are eligible to receive food:

• Meadow Vista
• Clipper Gap
• Christian Valley
• Applegate
• Weimar

Web pages

• Home - https://meadowvistafriendlyneighbors.com/

The Salvation Army offers a small emergency food pantry for people needing short-term food assistance.

Services include:

• Emergency pantry access for people and families unable to make it to larger distributions

Web pages

• Home - https://grassvalley.salvationarmy.org/

The San Juan Ridge PARTNERS Family Resource Center (FRC) provides families in the San Juan Ridge area with information and referrals to local resources, services, and facilities on a drop-in basis for visitors of all ages.

General services include:

• Playgroups for children ages 0-5
• Weekly activities for older children
• Child development information
• Parenting support
• Counseling
• Education
• Employment tools

Specific offerings include:

• Buss passes
  • Bus passes are issued as 2 one-way trips with transfers that can be used on all routes to make a roundtrip from the San Juan Ridge.
• Laundry vouchers
  • Laundry vouchers come with one detergent pod and are good for a single wash and dry at Launderland in Grass Valley. 
  • Details for when and how to redeem is printed on the voucher. 
  • The number of laundry vouchers issued at one time will depend on family size and other factors.
• Adult yoga
  • Mon 6-7:15pm and Wed 9-10:30am
• A food pantry
  • Tue & Thu 12-3pm (for emergencies)
• A computer, phone, fax, and p…

Feeding The Foothills (FTF) operates the Feed Our Future Program, which provides food assistance to a wide variety of clients.

Web pages

• Home - https://feedingthefoothills.org/
  
• Feed Our Future Program - https://feedingthefoothills.org/feed-our-future-program/

The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District provides free meals for students through its Food & Nutrition Services.

Services include:

• Free meals for all students
• Organic, vegetarian, gluten-free, whole grain, and scratch-made meal options
• Public menus posted online

Web pages

• Home - https://www.ttusd.org/
• Food & Nutrition Services -https://www.ttusd.org/departments/food-and-nutrition-services

The Harvest Community Church offers a drive-thru Food Closet for people in Placer county.

Services include:

• Free bags of groceries provided by the Placer Food Bank
• The added convenience of not having to leave the vehicle to receive food

Web pages

• Home - http://www.harvestfamily.net
• Food Closet - https://www.harvestfamily.net/foodcloset

The Salt Mine offers emergency services to the city of Lincoln and Sheridan residents only. Their main charitable activity is the food closet, presently offering emergency food to over one thousand needy families in the area each month.

In addition, they help with emergency clothing, household items, and transportation. Other emergency needs are met on an ’as available basis’ or by referral such as bathing and laundry facilities to name a few.

All items sold in these thrift shops are donated by local supporters.

The Salt Mine offers emergency and hot lunches Tue-Fri, 9am-12pm and Sat 12pm-1pm

Web pages

• Home - http://thesaltmine.org/
• Food Closet - https://www.thesaltmine.org/foodcloset