Food
Cal-Fresh (Food Stamps)
LA County DPSS --CalFresh
If you have lost your job or need assistance, please apply for CalFresh and other benefits online by visiting the Your Benefits Now (YBN) website at: https://dpss.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dpss and clicking on the YBN logo to get started or by calling 1-866-613-3777
Alternatively, you may contact the North Regional Offices, Mon-Thurs from 8 am-3 pm, 626-569-1399, for one-on-one assistance with the application process.
- Palmdale Community Foundation - S.A.V.E.S.
- Food services, motel vouchers, and senior food programs for low-income individuals. Must present proof of income, proof of address, and valid identification.
- Location: 1012 East Avenue Q-12, Palmdale, CA. 93550
- Phone: 661-267-5191
- Hours of operation:
- Food: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
- More info: City of Palmdale SAVES Program
- Grace Resource Center, Inc.
- Location: 45134 N. Sierra Hwy, Lancaster, CA. 93534
- Phone: 661-940-5272
- Hours of operation:
- Hot meals -- Wednesday and Friday at 5:30pm, Sunday at 1:30pm
- Groceries -- Tuesday and Thursday, 10am to 1pm
- Spanish-speaking Grocery Service: Wednesday, 10am
- Meals and Groceries at Courson Park
- Location: 38226 10th St. East, Palmdale, CA 93550
- Hours of Operation:
- Groceries: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Lunch: 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 12:00pm
- Hot Meals: Sundays, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Antelope Valley Partners for Health (AVPH) Food Pantry
- Location: 44226 10th St. West, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone: (661) 942-4719 ext.131
- Hours of operation (food distribution):
- 8:00 am to 11:00 am (first come first serve)
- 2nd and 4th Friday of the month
- Emergency meals are served by the café every Friday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
- Hours of operation (hot meal):
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm every Friday
- Shekinah Worship Center
- Location: 42640 10th Street West, Lancaster, CA. 93534
- Phone: 661-940-8378
- Hours of operation (February):
- Grocery Distribution- Last Saturday of the month from 8:30 to 12:30 pm
- The Free Market: A Collaboration of Desert Vineyard & One Love Ministries.
- Location: 1011 E. Avenue I, Lancaster, CA 93535
- Phone: (661) 945-2777
- Hours of Operation: Every Thursday at 5:00pm
- Salvation Army – Lancaster Corp
- Location: 44517 Sierra Highway, Lancaster, CA. 93534
- Phone: 661-940-8378
- More info: Salvation Army Lancaster Facebook
- Twin Lakes Community Church
- Drive up, pre-bagged grocery service. Homeless clients will be served in Mt. Olive Church parking lot. Non-Senior clients can have others pick up their food for them with a current piece of mail and a note giving permission.
- Location: 17213 Lake Los Angeles, Palmdale, CA. 93591
- Phone: 661-264-1215
- Hours of operation: Food: Tuesday to Thursday from 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Palmdale Lighthouse Assembly of God Church
- Drive-thru grocery pick-up
- Location: 38500 9th St. East, Palmdale, CA. 93550
- Phone: 661-273-2636
- Hours of operation: Last Saturday of the month at 9:30am