Food insecurity is a mounting problem for Coloradans amid the continued government shutdown, which has become the longest in US history. Colorado is among 23 states that sued the Trump administration last week over cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The result of the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island lawsuit was a court order requiring the USDA to release SNAP funds. The federal government has opted to only partially pay out SNAP benefits, which will result in less assistance for some, and no assistance for others. About 600,000 Coloradans rely on SNAP.
Governor Polis recently successfully requested $10 million in emergency state funding for food banks, plus $7.5 million for recipients of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
Amid the cuts and uncertainty, Colorado food banks have seen increased demand, at a time when COVID-19-era financial supports are already running out. “We haven’t ever seen something like this before,” said Kristen Bohanon of the Sister Carmen Community Center food bank. “And so we don’t really know what it’s gonna look like or how bad it’s gonna be, other than bad.”
If you’d like to listen to KGNU’s local food bank round table to hear about how local food banks are keeping up with current needs, you can listen to the story here.
Below is a list of food banks and other resources in the Denver metro area. Scroll down for hygiene & baby formula resources and pet food resources.
Below is a list of food bank and other resources in the Denver metro area. Scroll down for hygiene & baby formula resources and pet food resources.
If you’d like to listen to KGNU’s local food bank round table to hear about how local food banks are keeping up with current needs, you can listen to the story here. You can also click here for updates on the 2025 government shutdown and its impact on Colorado nutrition programs.
Food Resources
ORGANIZATION |
RESOURCE |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy’s Kitchen | Food share | 2080 W. Barberry Pl,
St 1 Denver CO 80204 |
[email protected] |
| We Don’t Waste | Mobile
Food Markets |
N/A | (720) 443-6113 |
| Commún Food Share | Grocery
delivery |
N/A | (303) 997-0228 |
| Kaizen Food Rescue | Pop-up
Food shares |
2900 S Shoshone St, Englewood, CO 80110 | N/A |
| Food Resource Hotline | Statewide & toll-free | N/A | (855) 855-4626 |
| Sun Valley Kitchen + Comm. Center | No-cost
groceries |
1260 Decatur St,
Denver, CO 80204 |
(303) 862-8368 |
| Metro Caring | Food bank | 1100 E. 18th Ave,
Denver, CO 80218 |
(303) 860-7200 |
| Denver Inner | Food pantry | 1212 Mariposa St,
Denver, CO 80204 |
(303) 629-0636 |
| Bienvenidos | Food bank | 3810 Pecos St,
Denver, CO 80211 |
(303) 433-6328 |
| FindHelp | Resource hub | N/A | N/A |
| Denver Food | No-cost
groceries |
N/A | (720) 510-9139 |
| Food Bank | Food bank | 10700 E 45th Ave,
Denver, CO 80239 |
(303) 371-9250 |
| Denver | Food & hygiene products | Multiple Locations | N/A |
| Mutual Aid Monday | Community
meal |
14th & Bannock St,
Denver, CO, 80204 |
[email protected] |
| SAME Cafe | Community
cafe |
2033 East Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, 80206 | (720) 530-6853 |
| Cafe 180 | Community
cafe |
3315 S Broadway,
Englewood, CO 80113 |
(720) 289-0799 |
| The Refuge | Community
meal & resource pantry |
11600 Quay St, #200, Broomfield, CO 80020 | (720) 295-2270 |
| FoCo Cafe | Community
cafe |
225 Maple St,
Fort Collins, CO 80521 |
(309) 368-1659 |
| Mutual Aid Hub | Resource hub | N/A | N/A |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association | Food bank & resource hub | 1575 Yarmouth Avenue Boulder, CO 80304 |
(303) 442-3042 |
| Boulder | Community meals | Multiple locations | (303) 442-8300 |
| Community | Multiple food programs & resource hub | 650 S. Taylor Avenue Louisville, CO 80027 |
(303) 652-3663 |
| Harvest of Hope Pantry | Food pantry | 4830 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80301 |
(720) 382-1971 |
| Boulder & Broomfield Resource Calendar | Food resource calendar | N/A | N/A |
| Sister Carmen | Food pantry, Emergency financial assistance and more | 655 Aspen Ridge Dr, Lafayette, CO 80026 | (303) 665-4342 |
| CU Basic Needs Mobile Food Pantry | Mobile food pantry on Nov. 20 and Dec. 11 | 2480 Kittredge Loop, Boulder CO 80309 | [email protected] |
| Integrated Family Community Services | The Market pantry at IFCS Monday thru Friday | 3370 South Irving Street, Englewood, CO 80110 | (303) 789-0501 |
Hygiene & Baby Formula Resources
ORGANIZATION |
RESOURCE |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFO |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bottom Line
(affiliate of Catholic Charities) |
Multiple locations | (720) 799-9307 | |
| WeeCycle | Distro events
with diapers, wipes & baby food |
Multiple locations | (720) 319-7792 |
Pet Food Resources
ORGANIZATION |
RESOURCE |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food pantry for pets | Multiple Locations | (720) 441-3111 | |
| Food pantry for pets | Multiple Locations | (720) 505-4287 | |
| Food pantry for pets | 3810 N Pecos St,
Denver, CO 80211 |
(303) 433-6328 |
Thank you to Hannah Johnson and Talia Sternberg at JoyBrain Counseling for the basis of this list.
