Food & Shelter
- Perry Township
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- Current: Food & Shelter
Available Resources
Perry Township does not directly offer shelter. However, provided below is a list of resources you might be able to access for free or reduced priced food and shelter available to those who qualify. For more information on who may qualify, read the general information provided for each location or visit their website.
Free or Reduced Priced Food
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is a special nutrition program that provides supplemental foods, nutrition counseling, and access to health services to low-income women, infants, and children under the age of five.
Website: fns.usda.gov/wic
Food Stamp Program
The Food Stamp Program provides benefits to low-income people that they can use to buy food to improve their diets. Food stamp recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores.
Website: in.gov/fssa/dfr/2691.htm
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
A food pantry with 900 visitors per week.
Address: 1100 W Allen St, Bloomington, IN 47403
Phone Number: (812) 339-5887
Website: mhcfoodpantry.org
Community Kitchen
A hunger relief organization serving about 400 meals per day from two locations. The main facility is provided by Perry Township. They also operate a secondary Express location.
Address Main: 1515 S Rogers St, Bloomington, IN 47403
Address Express: 1100 W 11th St, Bloomington, IN 47404
Phone Number: (812) 332-0999
Fax Number: (812) 332-1937
Website: monroecommunitykitchen.com
Shelter Resources
Middle Way House
A domestic violence program and rape crisis center.
Address: 338 S Washington St, Bloomington, IN 47401
Phone Number: (812) 336-0846
Website: middlewayhouse.org
Stepping Stones
Phone Number: (812) 339-9771
Fax Number: (812) 339-2991
Website: steppingstones-inc.org
Shalom Community Center
Address: 620 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47401
Phone Number: (812) 334-5728
Website: beaconinc.org
Bloomington Housing Authority
The BHA operates three affordable housing communities and provides more than 1,300 Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8, that allow income eligible families to rent in the private market. Along with housing assistance, the BHA maintains active service coordination programs including the Family Self-Sufficiency Program and Step Up Program.
Address: 1007 N Summit St, Bloomington, IN 47404
Phone Number: (812) 339-3491
Website: bhaindiana.net