Food Fighting Partners
Working together to feed our community.
Dare to Care Food Bank reaches our neighbors experiencing food insecurity through our network of more than 200 food fighting partners. While we provide food to our neighbors through programs, we provide thousands of pounds to our food fighting partners who serve the community in our 13 counties across Kentuckiana.
Overview
Our food fighting partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, residential facilities and shelters that are made up of nonprofit and faith-based organizations incorporated to serve neighbors in need.
Partner With Us
Dare to Care is not currently recruiting for partnerships at this time. Visit daretocare.org/get-help to find existing partners in your area. If you have a need in your community and would like to explore partnership with Dare to Care as a food pantry, kitchen, or residential facility or shelter that operates a pantry or serves meals, we still encourage you to complete the Agency Partner Interest Form below. We cannot guarantee that applicants will be accepted into Dare to Care’s Agency Partner Network.
Timeline:
- July to September: Onboard New Partners
- October to December: Interest Form Window Opens October 1 & Closes December 31
- January to March: Interest Form Review Period & Organizations Informed of Next Steps
- April to June: Formal Application Review Period, Site Visits, & Final Decisions
If you are interested in learning more about Dare to Care’s Programs (School Pantry Program, Kids Cafe, Summer Meals, Cooking Matters, Prescriptive Pantry, Senior Outreach, or Zero Waste Mobile Market) please visit Programs | Dare to Care
If you are interested in hosting a Mobile Pantry, complete the Mobile Pantry Host Site Interest Form.
General
- Dare to Care’s Scheduled Annual Closures
- New Agreements, Forms & More Virtual Lunch & Learn Video Recording & Presentation Slides
- Getting to Know the New Dare to Care Agency Partner Agreements – Q&A
- Agency Agreements
- Agency Monitoring Form
- Corrective Action Form
- Partner Handbook
- Ordering Policies (effective 4/15/2023) Provide your feedback here!
- Branding Guidelines
- Pantry Signage Template
- In Partnership with DTC Sign
- IRS Code Section 170(e)(3)
- IRS Church Qualifier & Sample Confirmation Letter
- Service Animals (ADA) & FAQ
- Vehicle Capacity Guide
- Visiting a Pantry
- Succession Planning
- Virtual Town Hall Recording 3.27.25
- FY23 Audit (includes price per pound)
- Fiscal Year 2022 July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022: $1.70
- Fiscal Year 2023 July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023: $1.53
- Fiscal Year 2024 July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024: $1.57
- Fiscal Year 2025 July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025: $1.74
- Fiscal Year 2025 July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026: $1.72
Trainings
Volunteer Resources
Recordkeeping & Statistics
Food Access Resources
Cultural Considerations
- Cultural Food Guide for Pantries
- Considerations and Resources when Serving Refugee and Immigrant Families
- KRM-Considerations and Resources when Serving Refugee and Immigrant Families-Slides
- Bhutan and South Asian Culturally Responsive Foods
- Burma and Southeast Asian Culturally Responsive Foods
- Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, and Great Lakes Region Culturally Responsive Foods
- Cuban Culturally Responsive Foods
- Iraq, Syria, and Middle Eastern Culturally Responsive Foods
- North and South Sudan and Eritrean Culturally Responsive Foods
- Somali Culturally Responsive Foods
Nutrition Education
- Kentucky SNAP-Ed
- Indiana SNAP-Ed
- Increasing Access to Nutritious Foods Using the Healthy Eating Research (HER) Guidelines
- SWAP Toolkit (Supporting Wellness at Pantries)
- SWAP Resources for Pantry Staff and Volunteers
- The Choice Pantry Toolkit: Nutrition Nudges
- Recipes
- Apricot Recipes: Apricot Cobbler, Yogurt Pops, & Apricot Smoothie
- Bean Basics: A Toolkit on How to Use Beans
- Beans Fact Sheet (English & Spanish)
- Bean Recipes: Marinated Black Bean Salad & Refried Beans
- Bean Recipes: Red Beans & Rice & White Bean Dip
- Bean Recipes & Tips
- Blueberry Recipes: Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Yogurt Pops, & Blueberry Smoothie
- Blueberry Recipes & Resources
- Chickpeas Fact Sheet (English & Spanish)
- Date & Nut Recipes: Mock “Snickers” & No-Bake Date Squares
- Garbanzo Beans Fact Sheet – USDA Foods
- Great Northern Beans Fact Sheet – USDA Foods
- Chickpea Recipes: Healthy Cookie Dough Dip & Hummus
- Split Peas Fact Sheet (English & Spanish)
- Split Pea Recipes: Split Pea Soup & Crunchy Split Peas
- Lentils Fact Sheet (English & Spanish)
- Lentils Fact Sheet – USDA Foods
- Lentil Recipes & Tips
- Make Your Own Trail Mix
- Peach Recipes: Peach Cobbler, Peach Yogurt Pops, & Peaches & Cream Smoothie
- Peaches Recipes & Resources
- Storage and Handling of Dried Fruits, Fruit/Nut Trail Mix, Grains and Grain Products
- Whole Chicken Recipe: Baked Lemon Chicken
- Recipe Databases
Trauma Informed Approach
- Trauma-Informed Food Distributions Presentation & Recording
- Leah’s Pantry
- Trauma Informed Care for Food Pantries and Meal Sites
- The Trauma Informed Pantry
- Poverty in Service Training
- Trauma-Informed Crisis De-Escalation
- De-Escalation Webinar
- Radical Hospitality
- Creating Safe Scenes Training
- Trauma-Informed Design Framework
- Better Together Program Participant Toolkit
- Standards of Practice for Trauma Informed Care
- Addressing Root Causes of Hunger: Creating a Holistic Food Pantry
- This is What Trauma-Informed Hunger Relief Looks Like
- Nourishing Our Community with Compassion
- Box Breathing
- I Grew Up with the Shame of Food Insecurity. Decades Later, I Still Obsess Over What I Eat
- My Life as a Public Health Crisis
Choice
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- Choice Toolkit for Agency Partners
- Overview of Choice Checklist
- 10 Actionable Tips: Enhancing Choice in Pantries
- Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger
- Introduction to Choice Video Recording (passcode: 6=9HF7fu)
- Introduction to Choice Presentation Slides
- Converting to a Choice Pantry
- Choice Action Planning Tool
- Why Choice?
- Considerations for Choice: Volunteer Roles
- Considerations for Choice: Space
- Considerations for Choice: Sourcing
- Choice in School Pantries
- Gathering Neighbor Feedback
Food Safety
- Temperature Recording Chart
- Temperature Sensor
- Portable Car Freezer & Refrigerator
- When Should I Eat This?
- What’s In A Label? Training Aid
- “Swims, Walks, Flies” Training Aid
- Food Safety in a Disaster or Emergency
- Food Safety Emergency Response
- Food Safety Charts
- Keep Food Safe
- Guidance on Receiving Shell Eggs
- Small Producer’s Guidelines for Handling & Selling Eggs in KY
- Feeding America Guidelines for Handling Whole Shell Eggs
- Food Allergens
- Recalls and Outbreaks
- FoodKeeper Brochure, QR Codes, & Web-Based App
- StillTasty
- What the Date Labels on Food Actually Mean
- Freezer Sign for FIFO and Rotations
- Food Safety Manager & Handler Regulatory Requirements by Jurisdiction Map
- Guidelines to Safe Donations
- Retail Produce Rescue
- Food Safety Training Agreement
- Food Sorting Guidance
- Produce Handling Toolkit
Indiana TEFAP (USDA)
General
- IN TEFAP Training
- IN Civil Rights Training
- IN TEFAP Manual
- IN TEFAP Map
- IN TEFAP Income Guidelines Poster
- Household Breaks Chart & Shelf Tags templates
- IN TEFAP Checklist
- IN TEFAP Monitoring Form
- IN Mobile Pantry Eligibility Certificate
- IN Product Transfer Sheet
- IN Aggregate Eligibility Certificate ENGLISH & SPANISH
- IN Aggregate Eligibility Certificate (Electronic Version)
- IN Proxy Statement (How to Use a Proxy)
- IN Proxy Form ENGLISH, SPANISH, & BURMESE
- IN TEFAP Monthly Outlet Report
- IN SNAP Brochure ENGLISH & SPANISH
- IN SNAP Flyer ENGLISH
- IN SNAP Flyer SPANISH
- IN WIC Flyer ENGLISH
Civil Rights
- IN Civil Rights Training 2025 Slides
- Individual IN Civil Rights Training Agreement for Agency Representative
- IN Civil Rights Training Log for Volunteers/Staff 2025
- IN TRAIN Instructions and Course List
- Nondiscrimination Statement English & Spanish
- Written Notice of Beneficiary Rights ENGLISH & SPANISH & Policy Memo
- “I Speak…” card
- LEP Guidance
- “And Justice for All” Poster (cannot be printed, if in need of original poster, contact PD Team)
Kentucky TEFAP (USDA)
General
- KY TEFAP Neighbor Eligibility Form – ENGLISH (as of March 2025)
- KY TEFAP Neighbor Eligibility Form – SPANISH (as of March 2025)
- KY TEFAP & Civil Rights Training Presentation
- How to Submit KY TEFAP Inventory
- How to Identify KY TEFAP Product for Inventory
- KY Household Breaks Chart Template
- KY Proxy Statement (How to Use a Proxy)
- KY TEFAP Proxy Form (as of March 2025)
- KY TEFAP Handbook
- KY TEFAP Q&A with KDA
- KY TEFAP Change Reminders
- KY SNAP Flyer ENGLISH
- KY SNAP Flyer SPANISH
Civil Rights
Recalls
RECALL: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Beef and Pork Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection
March 27, 2026
RECALL: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Frozen Ready-To-Eat Turkey Stuffed Pastry Products Due To Misbranding
March 16, 2026
RECALL: Savannah Bee Company Recalls Honey BBQ Sauce-Mustard Due to Undeclared Wheat and Soy
March 2, 2026
RECALL: Saputo USA Recalls Great Value Cottage Cheese Because of Possible Health Risk
February 25, 2026
RECALL: Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. Recalls Chicken Fried Rice Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
February 20, 2026
RECALL: IF Copack LLC dba Initiative Foods Recalls “Tippy Toes” Brand Apple Pear Banana Because of Possible Health Risk
February 16, 2026
RECALL: Mondelēz Global LLC Expands Voluntary Recall of 2 SKUs of CHIPS AHOY! Baked Bites
February 11, 2026
RECALL: Product Removal Information – Meijer Reduced Sodium Cream of Chicken Soup 10.5 oz
