March 24, 2023 by Ashley Norris
Community Resource: Kids’ Meals, Inc. Provides Free Meals to Children Across the Houston Area
Topic
Community Advocacy
A Word on Food Security
In conjunction with providing free legal assistance, Lone Star Legal Aid strives to seek and maintain safety, stability, health, and well-being; and improve outcomes for children. At the intersection of these priorities lives an ongoing battle against food insecurity. Today we would like to spotlight a valuable community resource that provides meal assistance to families across the Houston area: Kids’ Meals, Inc.
Introduction to Kids’ Meals
Kids’ Meals is a nonprofit organization that aims to assist families with preschool aged children by hand delivering free and healthy meals to their homes every day for the entire year. Their goal is to feed as many families as possible.
These daily deliveries are made all across Houston to families with children ages 5 and under. Families with a child age 5 or under who live within the delivery route (see map below) get a healthy lunch every day. Over the summer, this program expands to also deliver meals for all children under 17 years of age who are part of the program.
Kids’ Meals, Inc. Delivery Areas
They also deliver grocery items when available, like fresh fruit, milk, and eggs as well as cleaning and hygiene products. Kids’ Meals also provides families with information on community resources and outreach programs that can assist them. Those who live outside of their delivery areas (shown in gray) can still enroll and are able to pick up a week’s worth of lunches and grocery items at their office location in Garden Oaks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
How to Apply
Kids’ Meals tries to keep the barrier to entry as low as possible so that more families can enroll. Their application is simple, and the form is available in English and Spanish: https://kidsmealsinc.org/wp-content/uploads/Kids-Meals-Application-2022-2023-Fillable.pdf
After completing the form, families can bring the printed application to the Kids’ Meals office at 330 Garden Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX 77018 or email it to clients@kidsmealsinc.org. Another option they also offer is to pick up the application from your location by calling their office phone number, 713-695-5437. They include the new families on their routes within 48-72 hours of receiving the application.
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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