Food Resources

VUMC Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
Check their Youtube channel for more healthy food tips.

Metro Nashville Public Schools
This site provides information for meal pick up for virtual learners. Meals can be picked up at any bus stop location or any Metro school by any child 18 and under three days weekly. Also includes information about family food boxes.

FindHelp.org
Download the app or visit the website. Enter your ZIP code to find resources for food assistance, housing, transportation, legal aid, help paying bills and more.

SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutritional assistance benefits for those in need. It supplements monthly food budgets of families with low income.

WIC
The Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) is a program designed to provide supplemental food assistance to low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women. It also provides for infants and children until age five.

Rooted Community Health Initiative
This initiative, working within the VUMC Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, focuses on connecting partners at Vanderbilt with the communities of Middle Tennessee. The link below is their Food Security Resource Center that offers various resources including a cooking dinner on a budget, healthy choices at convenience stores, and a map of Nashville food resources.