Wyoming County Food Pantry - Pennsylvania

04/23/2026

Recipe Bags are back!! When you stop in to the Food Pantry, pick up a Recipe Bag for quick, easy Venison Chili. Perfect for a busy night! Everything you need is "in the bag!" If you can use help stretching your food budget, give us a call at 570-836-4090.

02/02/2026

Attention Wyoming County residents:
Tax season is coming up. We know who can help you 👇

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free Federal, State, and Local tax filing for eligible individuals, including low- to moderate-income households, seniors, people with disabilities, and limited English speakers.

VITA Tax packets are available for pickup at CEO Wilkes Barre, Wyoming County & Hazleton offices. You can drop these completed packets off beginning Monday, February 2nd until Friday, April 3rd at those 3 locations.

In our community, VITA is partnered with Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO)
More information at-
CEO Tunkhannock
570-836-4090
819 Hunter Highway
https://www.ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org/

01/31/2026

With changes to SNAP, we know some of our neighbors may be in need of food assistance they haven’t needed before. Give the Food Pantry a call. We’re here to help! 570-836-4090. M-F 8-4. Call for an appointment to pick up groceries.

12/02/2025

Shapiro Administration Announces Opening of 2025-26 LIHEAP Season, Reminds Pennsylvanians of Moratorium on Shutoffs: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/newsroom/shapiro-administration-announces-opening-of-2025-26-liheap-seaso

DHS announced that the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season will begin taking applications on Wednesday, December 3. Normally opened in November each year, the program was delayed due to the federal government shutdown. The 2025-26 season is scheduled to run from December 3 through April 10, 2026.

To protect Pennsylvanians during the delay, Governor Josh Shapiro worked with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and utility providers to start the winter shutoff moratorium earlier on November 1, 2025 (it usually begins in December each year). This ensured that Pennsylvanians who could not access LIHEAP in November because of the shutdown did not risk having their heat or electricity shut off as temperatures dropped.

LIHEAP is a federally funded DHS program that helps eligible households pay their heating bills by sending payments directly to their utility company or fuel provider. States receive LIHEAP funding through a federal block grant — these dollars were finally issued last week by the Trump Administration after the federal shutdown ended. Pennsylvania typically receives more than $215 million in LIHEAP funding each year, including $216 million in 2023 and $229 million in 2024.

“Pennsylvanians deserve the safety and health benefits that come from being able to heat their homes and keep themselves and their families warm through the winter,” said DHS Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh. “LIHEAP helps hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians each year by providing cash and crisis grants directly to the eligible household’s utility company or heating fuel provider, and I am very glad that we are finally able to begin this important work. I encourage anyone who may need help with heating costs to apply for LIHEAP and keep your home safe through this winter.”

11/14/2025

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Pennsylvania Resumes Paying Full SNAP Benefits following End of Federal Government Shutdown: https://bit.ly/3JygZJN

DHS has restarted issuing full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit payments, ending the disruption created by the federal government shutdown and the Trump Administration’s unwillingness to use United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) contingency and other available funding to continue food assistance through the shutdown.

Benefits are going out and should be paid to all SNAP recipients by the end of the week.

“I again want to extend my deepest gratitude to our food banks, food pantries, and every Pennsylvanian who showed the true meaning of community through this crisis. I am relieved we can finally get these critical benefits out, and I urge those who are able to continue to support to our charitable food network as they stabilize and restock to continue their essential work,” said DHS Secretary Val Arkoosh. “While the federal government has resumed operations, the effects of this shutdown will last.”

11/12/2025

Need help stretching your food budget? We welcome all Wyoming County residents to the Food Pantry. All food pickups are by appointment only and must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Due to the volume and staffing, we are not able to accept same-day appointments.

Call now to connect with business.

11/12/2025

A huge thank you to the Wyoming County Democratic Women’s group and EVERYONE who donated to this drive!! ❤️❤️

TUNKHANNOCK — The Wyoming County Democratic Women put together a successful food drive for four local food pantries on Sat., Nov. 8. Cars flowed into Feed Mill Park in Tunkhannock, their trunks fil…

11/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Food Drive on Saturday organized by Wyoming County Women’s Group! What a wonderful selection of items were donated! We will be sure it all gets to those in need!

10/27/2025

10/23/2025

🚨 SNAP clients are receiving calls from the numbers listed below saying that their benefits are on hold until they verify their eligibility and asking that they call and provide their PIN. This is a SCAM.

1-888-239-7710
1-888-272-8720
1-888-737-6551

DHS will never ask for personal information in an unsolicited text message, email, or phone call.

Please report any texts or calls about DHS benefits that seem suspicious by calling the DHS fraud tip line at 1-844-DHS-TIPS (1-844-347-8477).

10/22/2025

LIHEAP heating assistance is on hold due to federal government shutdown.