How Students Can Get Meals While Schools Are Closed
Find out where and when students in your community can get needed meals
Note that this list is current as of February 17, 2021 and is no longer being updated regularly. Please check with your local school district for any potential changes to the scheduled meal distribution lists and locations below.
Anne Arundel: 127 meal sites. Call Food Access Warmline for additional food resources at 410-222-3663.
Charles County: 17 school-based sites, 3 mobile meal sites. Beginning Wednesday, January 6, school buses will deliver meal bags to additional locations convenient for all students and their families. Buses will deliver mobile meals to the sites Monday through Friday. Additional sites will be added as they are finalized. On days when CCPS calls an inclement weather code or delay, mobile meal service is canceled. More information is available here.
Dorchester County: During Phase 1, meals will be available for pick-up every Monday (Tuesday on those days when schools are closed on Monday) and Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. Meals can be picked up from any elementary or high school (not Mace’s Lane Middle or North Dorchester Middle). Meals are also available at the Empowerment Center on Pine St. in Cambridge and at New Beginnings on Greenwood Ave.
Garrett County: The FNS Department will be distributing seven days worth of breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper each Wednesday. This does not include Swan Meadow or Northern Middle due to participation data.
Harford County: 20 meal sites. Find more community food offerings at this link. Meal service at Veterans Elementary School will be closed February 16-19 and will resume Monday, February 22.
Howard County: 77 school-based sites. Meals will be served at all school locations, with the exception of Burleigh Manor Middle School and Hammond High School, where construction is ongoing. There will be no meal service either of these days and additional meals may be picked up in advance of the closures.
Montgomery County: 74 school-based sites and 12 bus sites. Beginning Tuesday, February 16, Division of Food & Nutrition Services will provide early morning bulk box distribution at White Oak Middle School and Seneca Valley High School. This distribution has been added to help accommodate the schedules of our working parents. DFNS will distribute boxes twice a week on Tuesdays (three day meal box) and Fridays (four day meal box). Parents requesting to pick up bulk meals will pre-order via a Google form to sign up for bulk boxes.
Prince George’s County: 170 meal sites. All schools with the exception of Fort Foote and Tayac Elementary Schools and Robert Goddard Montessori will serve as meal distribution sites.
Somerset County: All students for at least the first four weeks of the school year, and students remaining in the remote learning mode after in-person students are phased in, may pick up a breakfast/lunch meal bundle curbside at their school daily from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. There will be no charge for school meals at all school locations for all students including breakfast and lunch.
St. Mary’s County: Meals will be offered at all school locations for pick-up during the hours of 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Beginning in February 2021, weekend meals will be included in Friday’s curbside meal bags. Five-day meal bags will be available for pickup at all locations. Meal bags will include breakfast, lunch, supper, and snack for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
Talbot County: Breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge for all students when they return to school buildings for in-person learning. Students will also have the option to take home a bag of free meals for the days they will not be attending in person. Evening meal pick up will still be offered at all locations except Easton High School on Tuesdays and Fridays from 4:00-5:30 p.m. for all children ages 2-18.
Washington County: 10 school- and community-based sites. Any child who is 18 years old or and younger can pick up a meal for free.
Wicomico County: Student meals continue to be given out at all Wicomico middle and high schools (8-10 a.m.), elementary schools (11 a.m.-1 p.m.), and Pittsville School (both times), except for WELC and Choices. Due to distance from nearest schools, Westside Volunteer Fire Department and Asbury United Methodist Church will also serve as meal bundle sites.
Worcester County: 31 meal sites, along with home-delivered meals available to families in situations where children are unable to leave the house.
Thank you to all the food service, nutrition, and school system staff who are helping to make these critical services available to students across the state.