Food Insecurity Resources
Campus and Birmingham resources for students who need food assistance.
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Quick referral options if you need help finding food today.
Community Food Bank Find Food Map
Pantries, meal programs, and mobile pantry distributions across central Alabama.
Find Food Near YouUSDA National Hunger Hotline
1-866-348-6479 (English) / 1-877-842-6273 (Spanish), Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. ET.
National Hunger Hotline InfoUAB Blazer Kitchen
Free on-campus pantry. Bring your ONE Card and a reusable bag. Appointments are required at both locations.
Hill Student Center students only
- Location
- Hill Student Center, Suite 303
- Serves
- Enrolled UAB students
- Shopping
- About once per week
Blazer Kitchen at Hill Student Center
1613 Building
- Location
- 1613 11th Ave S, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35205
- Serves
- Students, employees, and clinic-referred patients
- Shopping
- Students/employees about twice per month; patients about once per month
SNAP (Food Assistance)
Alabama’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides monthly benefits on an EBT card for eligible low-income households.
- Apply online through MyDHR
- Call 1-833-822-2202 to find your county Food Assistance office
- After you apply, you will be scheduled for a phone or in-person interview
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
Supplies 300+ partner pantries, kitchens, and shelters and runs public Mobile Pantry distributions. It does not hand out food from its warehouse to walk-ins.
- Phone
- 205-942-8911
- Admin address
- 107 Walter Davis Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
Local Pantries and Meal Programs
Confirm hours and required documents before you go.
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Emergency grocery assistance for working families, people with reduced hours or layoffs, and seniors.
- Address
- 2304 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35234
- Phone
- 205-326-6821
- Note
- Distribution days/times vary; call ahead
Serving You Ministries
- Address
- 6523 1st Avenue N, Birmingham, AL 35206
- Phone
- 205-777-3653
- Note
- Call ahead; Spanish-language services reported on some days (often Fridays)
Urban Ministry
- Address
- 1229 Cotton Avenue SW, Birmingham, AL 35211
- Phone
- 205-781-0517
- WE Care
- Healthy food / food co-op and utility assistance
- WE Cafe
- Pay-what-you-can meals (verify current hours)
Magic City Harvest
Food-rescue nonprofit that delivers donated food to local feeding agencies. Not a public walk-in pantry.
Magic City HarvestTips
- For UAB students, start with Blazer Kitchen (Hill 303 and/or 1613), then layer community pantries and SNAP as needed.
- Call 2-1-1 or text your ZIP code to 898-211 if you need help choosing a nearby pantry.
- Use the Find Food map for the most current partner locations and mobile pantry dates.
- Hours and rules change often—verify before traveling.