Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
WA DSHS HCLA
The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides benefits to lower-income older adults to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, and herbs. It supports local farming by driving use of farmers markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture; produce is also purchased directly from farmers for delivery to older adults in some areas. Funded through a combination of USDA Farm Bill federal grants plus state and local funding. A mobile app lets participants track benefit balance and purchase history and locate participating vendors. Participants must reapply each year, but cards do not require participant activation, issuing agencies activate them.
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Where to get this in Washington
10 organizations deliver this program. Coverage varies, so check the area each one serves.
Free public agency that helps older adults and people with disabilities in central Washington find in-home care, caregiver support, nutrition, transportation, and benefits help.
AAA for the Spokane region; one number connects callers to information, caregiver support, dementia help, Medicaid in-home care, Medicare counseling, and nutrition.
Council-of-governments AAA covering eight southeast Washington counties; one call connects callers to information & referral, case management, nutrition, caregiver support, and Medicaid in-home care.
Free public AAA for the Vancouver/Longview area covering five counties; one stop for caregiver assistance, dementia resources, in-home help, kinship care, Medicare counseling, and WA Cares Fund support.
Tribal AAA at the Lucy F. Covington Government Center, serving elders 55 and older on the Colville Reservation with meal sites in Nespelem, Inchelium, Keller, and Omak.
Tribal AAA on the Colville Reservation; serves all seniors 55+ on the reservation with nutrition, family/kinship caregiver support, legal services, SHIBA, and case management.
Kitsap County Human Services division and AAA for Kitsap County. Coordinates information, case management, caregiver support, nutrition, kinship care, and Medicaid in-home services.
Three-county AAA for Lewis, Mason, and Thurston counties offering caregiver support, in-home services, nutrition, and the Senior Farmers Market produce benefit.
Pierce County's AAA and Aging & Disability Resource Center; coordinates long-term services and supports for older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers.
Seattle Human Services division that serves as the AAA for King County. Runs Community Living Connections for aging/disability help and administers caregiver support, healthy aging, and age-friendly programs.
Source www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/home-and-community-services/senior-farmers-market-nutritio