Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) is a regional, nonprofit distributor of surplus, donated food and non-food products. As a partner of America's Second Harvest, we serve 300 nonprofit hunger-relief and social service agencies and programs in the Fort Worth/Dallas area of north Texas. Our network of agencies feeds children, the elderly, the severely disabled, victims of AIDS and other chronic diseases, victims of abuse, the working poor and the unemployed.

Agency Network

The TAFB 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 include:
     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

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 Area

Our network of local nonprofit agencies serves Fort Worth and other communities
spread over 13 counties, an area larger than the state of Vermont. The counties served are Bosque, Cooke, Denton, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise.