No cost Food Help in Utah: SNAP, WIC and Food Banks

Apply online at jobs.utah.gov/mycase, or go to an employment center. You can also call 801 526 0950 or 866 435 7414 and ask for an application by mail, but that can be slower. Your benefits start the day you apply. You may get SNAP within 7 days if you qualify for faster service, and then you only need to show who you are.

Official page: jobs.utah.gov/customereducation/services/foodstamps

WIC serves women during pregnancy and up to 1 year after, plus babies and children until their 5th birthday. You qualify by income and a health or nutrition need. If you get Medicaid, SNAP or TANF, your income already qualifies. WIC does not ask about immigration or citizenship status. To apply, call or text your local WIC clinic.

Official page: wic.utah.gov/about/apply

Yes, if your family qualifies. Parents can ask their school or district for a meal application at any time during the school year. Kids in homes on SNAP or TANF, and kids who are homeless, migrant, runaway or foster, can qualify without income rules.

Official page: schools.utah.gov/publicrelations/_publicrelations_/_2025_/School%20Meal%20and%20Milk%20Programs%20available%20at%20participating%20Schools.pdf

The Summer Food Service Program gives free meals to kids and teens 18 and under when school is out. Over 250 supervised sites in Utah offer breakfast, lunch or a snack, and they usually open as school lets out. Dial 211 to ask about a site near you.

Official page: schools.utah.gov/cnp/communityprograms/sfsp

Utah Food Bank runs the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, a monthly food box for people 60 and older who live in Utah and meet income rules. Apply online or with a paper form in English, Spanish, Russian or Bosnian. Questions? Call 801 887 1246. It takes about 10 days to hear back.

Official page: utahfoodbank.org/how-we-help/csfp