In November 2025, Isaiah 58 Ministries was onboarded as a site for The Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). TEFAP is a program through the USDA designed to provide low income households with food. Every month, the ministry will receive USDA food and offer it through our food pantry. We will ask a few additional questions when folks come in, to screen for eligibility for the program, and recipients will be recorded in a monthly report. In alignment with our commitment to guest choice, no guest has to take the food if they don’t want it, and quantity limits are still in place to ensure that we can feed more in our community.
TEFAP food will just subsidize the food that we’re already offering. We will continue to source food from other sources, including individual donations. Since TEFAP offerings are limited, it will only be a small piece of the work that we do, but we are excited for this additional partnership that can provide our guests with more nutritious food for their households.
If you or someone you know is interested in receiving TEFAP food, they will come into the pantry as usual during our regular hours. The food pantry is open Monday through Thursday, 10am-1pm.
Full 2022 USDA Non Discrimination Statement:
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online by clicking here or from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
Fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
Email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.