Patients & Visitors

Emergency Food Options & Information

Need help getting food in the Chicago-land area? These resources could help.

Resources in Chicago and Cook County

Greater Chicago Food Depository

Food pantries, hot meals, and more: go.uic.edu/foodbank

Love Fridges

Fridges throughout Chicago area, stocked with food items.
Fridges are usually in public spaces or in front of stores and can be found using this map: go.uic.edu/find-a-fridge

Online Market at Nourishing Hope

Free service, order on your own time to find what you need.
Check here to participate and select a site to pick up your Order: go.uic.edu/nourishingmarket

Home Delivered Meals

• Seniors 60 years and older?
  Contact the City of Chicago’s Information & Assessment Office: 312-744-4016
• Individuals with disabilities age 18-59?
  To enroll, please call the City’s 312-746-5773 or MOPDInfo@cityofchicago.org
• Additional options / sites available
  Check go.uic.edu/foodbank and go.uic.edu/nourishinghope  

WIC

Food assistance program for pregnant women, new mothers and young children. More info: go.uic.edu/WIC-IL

SNAP / LINK

Most current information: snapfederalimpact.illinois.gov

Other areas / Illinois counties

More information can be found at go.uic.edu/findfoodil.

Central Illinois Foodbank

Adams, Bond Brown, Cass Christian, Effingam, Fayetter, Greene, Jefferson, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marion, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby

Eastern Illinois Foodbank

Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Livingston, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt, Vermilion, Woodford

Northern Illinois Foodbank

Boone, Dekalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, Winnebago

River Bend Foodbank

Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam, Rock island, Stark, Warren, Whiteside

St. Louis Area Foodbank

Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, jersey, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington, Williamson

Tri-State Foodbank

Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Lawrence, Massac, pope, Pulaski, Richland, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, and White

Home Delivered Meals Outside of Chicago, check go.uic.edu/mealsonwheels-IL