WHO WE SERVE

Agency Network

Our network of partner charities feeds children, the elderly, the severely disabled, victims of AIDS and other chronic diseases, victims of abuse, the working poor and the unemployed across 13 counties of north central Texas.

The Tarrant Area Food Bank network provides assistance in the form of bags of groceries to take home, hot meals served on-site, or snacks served during a group activity.

Each month, on average, the network distributes food to 35,000 households and serves more than 500,000 meals and snacks.

Agencies & Programs in the Network

• Emergency food pantries
• Emergency shelters for homeless and for battered women and children
• Soup kitchens
• Senior citizen centers
• Low-income day care centers
• After-school programs
• Kids Cafes
• Residential programs for children
• Backpacks for Kids
• Residential treatment programs
• HIV/AIDS programs
• Disaster relief agencies
• Any other nonprofit agency that provides food to its clients
  

For a complete list of our network partners, see Agencies by County by City.

Individuals and families seeking food and other assistance can find help in their ZIP code areas by calling the United Way Community Information & Referral Service any day of the week, any hour of the day.  The three-digit phone number is 2-1-1. Cell phone users should dial 817-258-8100.

Tarrant Area Food Bank Service Region

Our network of local nonprofit agencies serves Fort Worth and other communities spread over 13 counties, an area larger than the state of Vermont. Dividing this service region into five stacked tiers, it begins at the North end on the Red River with Cooke County, continues south to Tier 2, West to East, with Wise and Denton Counties; Tier 3 with Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant Counties; Tier 4 with Erath, Hood, Somervell south of Hood, and Johnson Counties; and Tier 5 with Hamilton, Bosque and Hill Counties, just north of Waco.