Community Resource List

Food Resources

• Presbyterian Hospital  Free Youth Meals
  • Description: The program provides nutritious meals and snacks to children visiting hospitals 11 am – 7 pm daily
  • Phone: 505-841-1234
  • Website: https://www.phs.org/community/committed-to-community-health/Pages/community-health-program-highlights.aspx
• Albuquerque Indian Center
  • Description: Monthly food commodity distribution, community feeds, summer breakfast/lunch program, food and hygiene boxes
  • Phone: (505) 268-1751 | (505) 268-5770
  • Website: https://abqindiancenter.org/services
• Baptist Church Food Pantry
  • Description: Free food boxes year round. First come first serve basis. No income verification needed, but need ID and proof of residence. Every Saturday from 7:30-8:30 am (Closed the 1st Sat. of the month)
  • Phone: (505) 247-4781
• Good Shepherd Center
  • Description: Services include food, clothing, shelter, health services, emergency assistance and referrals to community agencies
  • Phone: (505) 243-2527
  • Website: https://www.gscnm.org/services-1
• Joy Junction
  • Description: Serves meals, provides shelter, clothing, transportation, community referrals for homeless families and individuals
  • Phone: (505) 877-6967
  • Website: http://www.joyjunction.org/
• Rio Grande Food Project
  • Description: Usual hours are M, W, F 10-2 and Sat 9-12, to pick up food. Need photo ID for adults and birth cert or school enroll. form for children
  • Phone: (505) 831-3778
  • Website: https://www.rgfp.org/need-food/
• Roadrunner Food Bank
  • Description: Has several food assistance programs. Makes referrals throughout state. Site offers links and phone numbers to several agencies (SNAP Outreach, WIC, summer food service).
  • Phone: (505) 247-2052 (Albuquerque) (575) 323-4390 (Las Cruces)
  • Website: https://www.rrfb.org/
• St Michael and All Angels Pantry
  • Description: Food pantry. Grocery bags will feed family of 4 for up to a month. Also offers limited emergency food boxes.
  • Phone: (505) 345-8147
  • Website: http://www.all-angels.com/
• Storehouse
  • Description: Free food and clothing in a retail shopping environment.  Requires a NM ID or license for all adults, birth or baptismal certificate or school enrollment proof for children.  Provides food boxes for pick up as an alternative to shopping the store.
  • Phone: (505) 842-6491
  • Website: https://storehousenm.org/home/need-food/
• PET FOOD: Animal Humane of NM Pet Food Bank
  • Description: Distributes free pet food to low-income pet owners with spayed or neutered pets; see website for hours (usually Sunday and Wednesday, 10 am – 12 noon)
  • Phone: (505) 255-5523
  • Website: https://animalhumanenm.org/outreach/resources/pet-food-bank/

Child Care Resources

• The Children’s Center
  • Description: Offers evening hours and accepts CYFD contracts. Serves children from 6 weeks to 9 years of age and offers full-day pre-school program as well as before- and after-school care
  • Phone: (505) 881-9566
  • Website: https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/US/Albuquerque/278508262291231/The-Children%27s-Center
• YMCA of Central New Mexico
  • Description: Before and after school care, early learning and pre-school, summer day camp, in-service and holiday camps
  • Phone: (505) 265-6971
  • Website: https://ymcacnm.org/
• All Faiths Receiving Home, Inc
  • Description: All Faiths’ goal is to provide services to children and their families in a healthy environment which includes education, treatment, advocacy, food, clothing, and supportive and nurturing caregivers
  • Phone: (505) 271-0329
  • Website: https://newmexico.networkofcare.org/aging/services/agency.aspx?pid=AllFaithsReceivingHome_1534_1_0
• Care Net
  • Description: Diapers, infant and maternity clothing, formula
  • Phone: (505) 880-0882
  • Website: http://carenetabq.org/
• Children-Youth-Families
  • Description: A new tool that aggregates services available for families in need and make it easy to find out what they’re eligible for and how to take advantage.
  • Phone: 1-(800) 691-9067
• People Helping People
  • Description: Diapers, clothing, food assistance. Serving Rio Rancho for over 20 years
  • Phone: (505) 615-1951
  • Website: http://www.peoplehelpingpeoplenm.org/

Household Resources

• Freecycle
  • Description: Free site where people post items available or items wanted. Founded in an attempt to keep unwanted items from ending up in the landfills. 
  • Website: https://www.freecycle.org/
• Heading Home
  • Description: Finds permanent, affordable housing solutions for medically vulnerable people who are chronically homeless. Distributes furniture and household items (no TVs, computers, or large appliances) to people moving into housing. 
  • Phone: (505) 344-2323
• WIN Ministries Inc. (Women in Need)
  • Description: Furniture, household items, clothing for single mothers and their children.
  • Phone: (505) 823-9887