Congregate Meals & Home Delivered Meals

Through Catholic Charities' Lunch-n-More program, 450 meals are provided to seniors who are home bound and require delivery, or who take their meals in a congregate setting at a senior center where they can also socialize with other seniors. The meals are freshly prepared by Lunch-N-More to be appealing to seniors while also meeting the nutrition standards set for seniors’ nutritional needs by our registered dietitian. Congregate meals are provided by this program five days a week at the Arlington Heights Senior Center as well as in Robbins at Catholic Charities' St. Peter Claver Courts senior residence. Daily home-delivered meals are provided for five South Suburban townships: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Rich and Thornton. For a full list of all congregate and home delivered meals programs associated with Catholic Charities, please see entries under Senior Services beginning on page 26.

Community Development and Outreach Services

Lunch-N-More Catering and Food Service Enterprise

Catholic Charities has developed a social enterprise business, Lunch-n-More Catering and Food Service Enterprise, focusing on catering and food service for lunches. Lunch-n-More serves as a culinary job training program for special populations in need of employment, including those at risk of homelessness, homeless veterans, women in recovery, and refugees in Chicago.

Community Development and Outreach Services

Senior Mother and Child Nutrition Program (SMCNP)

USDA supplemental food and nutrition program administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and operated by Catholic Charities for Chicago residents who are 60 or older. A monthly nutrition food package as well as nutrition education are provided. The program also provides supplemental food and nutrition services to low-income, post-partum woman and children from 5 to 6 years of age.

SMCNP Food Distribution Sites:

SMCNP Warehouse
1965 W. Pershing Rd., Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (773) 523-0299

Korean Self-Help Center *
4934 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60630
Phone: (773) 545-8348

Logan Square Service Center +
3110 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: (773) 395-4207

Westside Service Center
4940 W. Flournoy St., Chicago, IL 60644
Phone: (773) 378-3127

Austin Peoples Action Center *, +
5125 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60651
Phone: (773) 378-8760

Pilsen Service Center +
1643 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (773) 523-0409

Bronzeville Service Center +
2907 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 326-5020

Englewood Service Center
7320 S. Yale Ave., Chicago, IL 60621
Phone: (773) 483-3508

Southeast Service Center +
8959 S. Commercial Ave., Chicago, IL 60617
Phone: (773) 978-6235

Calumet Park Service Center
12420 S. Ada St., Calumet Park, IL 60827
Phone: (708) 597-7088

Respond Now *
1439 Emerald Ave., Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Phone: (708) 755-4357

St. Blase Service Center **
7438 W. 61st St., Summit, IL 60501
Phone: (708) 563-2407

South Regional Services **
16100 Seton Dr., South Holland, IL 60473
Phone: (708) 333-8379

North/Northwest Regional Family Service Center **
1717 Rand Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016
Phone: (847) 376-2100

West Regional Services **
1400 S. Austin Blvd., Cicero, IL 60804
Phone: (708) 222-1491

* = Contractual Sites ** = Run by Volunteers
+ Housed inside WIC Food Center

Seniors Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)

The Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmer’s markets, roadside stands and community-supported agriculture programs.

Community Development and Outreach Services

SMCNP Outreach

The Senior Mother and Child Nutrition Program serves clients through the distribution sites and outreach sites. There are more than 160 outreach sites located primarily in senior buildings. The program also has outreach sites located at daycare centers, Town Halls, community centers and churches. The outreach portion was developed to help the targeted population who had a difficult time receiving program services during regular operating hours.

Community Development and Outreach Services

Summer Lunch Program

The Catholic Charities Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need to learn, play and grow, throughout the summer months when they are out of school. Breakfast and lunch are distributed to a network of community partners, churches, schools and nonprofits in areas that quality for free and reduced lunch in Cook County.

Community Development and Outreach Services

Vision Screening

See entry under Health Care on page 15.

WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is a food assistance program for Women, Infants and Children available during the months of July, August and September. It helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well and stay healthy.

Community Development and Outreach Services

WIC Food and Nutrition Centers Program

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a USDA foodand nutrition program administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and operated by Catholic Charities. Sixteen centers provide a variety of WIC-approved foods for eligible participants. The food centers also provide access to social services, job training and educational programs.

WIC Food Center Program - Warehouse
4500 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60651
Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Phone: (773) 772-4427

WIC Food and Nutrition Center Sites
Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2907 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 326-5020

416 E. 43rd St., Chicago, IL 60653
Phone: (773) 924-7041

6202 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621
Phone: (773) 488-6800

5332 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (773) 778-1292

2310 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (312) 666-4193

3110 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: (773) 395-1010

5125 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60651 *
Phone: (773) 378-8760

1734 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: (312) 455-8595

1643 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (773) 523-0409

3932 W. Madison St., Chicago, IL 60624
Phone: (773) 533-9003

1802 E. 71st St., Chicago, IL 60649
Phone: (773) 667-3932

4622 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL 60639
Phone: (773) 205-6575

11255 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60628
Phone: (773) 785-1786

8959 S. Commercial Ave., Chicago, IL 60617
Phone: (773) 978-6235

2400 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60623
Phone: (773) 522-7220

1106 W. 79th St., Chicago, IL 60620
Phone: (773) 651-6690

* Contractual Site

Community Development and Outreach Services

WIC Food Centers Program Episodic Daycare Services

Episodic Daycare Services are available at each of the 16 WIC Food Centers in a child care room called the Kiddie Corral, supervised by qualified caregivers. The services provide a safe, healthy environment for children, birth to five years of age, so that they are not left unattended while their parents are shopping or receiving other services. Activities promote socialization, health, nutrition and reading.