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DCYF nutrition program
Free meals for young people
The goal of the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families' (DCYF) nutrition program is to help young people:
- Meet their basic nutrition needs
- Establish a healthy relationship with food
We serve free afterschool and summer meals to anyone age 18 and younger, regardless of income.
For questions, contact nutrition@dcyf.org.
Where to get free summer meals for kids
This list will be updated every Thursday at 4:30PM.
Open sites
These sites serve free meals to anyone under age 18 regardless of income.
- 826 Valencia - Mission Bay
1310 4th Street
Open Jun 30, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Snack: M-F 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - BGCSF - Columbia Park
450 Guerrero St
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - BGCSF - Don Fisher
380 Fulton Street
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:50 AM - 1:20 PM
Snack: M-F 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - BGCSF - Mission
901 Alabama St
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - BGCSF - Sunnydale
1530 Sunnydale Ave.
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM - BGCSF - Willie Mays
195 Kiska Rd
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM - Booker T. Washington
800 Presidio Ave
Open Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Buena Vista Child Care
1266 Florida Street
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - CYCSF
350 Seneca Ave. San Francisco, CA, 94112
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 18, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-Th 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Good Samaritan Family Resource Center - Industrial
141 Industrial Street
Open Jun 12, 2025 to Aug 7, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Horizons at San Francisco Friends School
250 VALENCIA ST
Open Jun 23, 2025 Jul 31, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
Lunch: M-F 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM - Mission Neighborhood Centers - Precita
534 Precita Ave
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M, T, Th 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Lunch: M, T, Th 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - SF Rec and Park - St. Mary's Rec. Center
95 Justin Drive
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - SFPL Main Children's Center
100 Larkin St
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center
567 Bay Street San Francisco, CA, 94133
Open Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-Th 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center
555 Chestnut Street
Open Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-Th 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Youth First
801 Shields Street
Open Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M, T, Th, F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M, T, Th, F 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Enrolled only sites
These sites only serve free meals to kids enrolled in their programs.
- 826 Valencia
826 Valencia St
Jun 30, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Snack: M-F 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Aim High - Lick Wilmerding HS
755 Ocean Ave.
Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Snack: M-F 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM - Aim High - Mission
321 Fair Oaks St San Francisco, CA, 94110
Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Snack: M-F 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Aim High - Urban
1563 Page St.
Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Snack: M-F 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Asian Pacific American Community Center
2201 Bayshore Blvd
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Snack: M-F 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - BAYCAT
2415 3rd St, Suite 230 San Francisco, California, 94107
Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Breakfast: M-Th 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-Th 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Betty Ann Ong Rec Center
1199 Mason St
Jun 23, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - BGCSF - Excelsior
163 London St
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Snack: T-F 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - BGCSF - Tenderloin - 115 Jones
115 Jones St
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - BGCSF - Tenderloin - 209 Jones
209 Jones St
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Snack: 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - BGCSF - Visitacion Valley
251 LELAND AVE
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Snack: M-F 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Central Chinese High School in America
827-829 Stockton Street
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Snack: M-F 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM - Donaldina Cameron House
920 Sacramento St
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Filipino American Development foundation/FEC Galing Bata Program @ Children's Creativity Museum
221 4th St
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Snack: M-F 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - First Chinese Baptist Church
15 Waverly Place
Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 10, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Good Samaritan Family Resource Center - Harrison
2710A Harrison St.
Jun 12, 2025 to Jul 24, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Good Samaritan Family Resource Center - Potrero
1294 Potrero Ave
Jun 12, 2025 to Jul 24, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:30 AM - 1:30 PM - HOMEY
2070 Mission Street San Francisco, California, 94110
Jun 11, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: W, F 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Snack: W, F 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Mission Education Program INC
2850 23rd St
Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 4, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:15 PM - 9:45 PM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - NAM KUE SCHOOL
755 Sacramento St.
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Snack: M-F 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM - Palega Rec Center
500 FELTON ST
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Portola Family Connection Center
2565 San Bruno Avenue
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Snack: F 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 DeHaro Street
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - SACK Day Camp
21 Walter U. Lum Place
Jun 16, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Lunch: M-F 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Samoan Community Development Center
2055 Sunnydale Avenue
Jun 9, 2025 to Jul 30, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - SFRPD - Bernal Heights
500 Moultrie St
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Snack: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - SFRPD - Mission Arts Center
745 Treat Ave
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - SMART Program - Mission
2101 Mission St
Jun 16, 2025 to Jul 25, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Southeast Asian Development Center
166 Eddy St
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - United Playaz/K-8 OST
1038 Howard St SF, Ca, 94103
Jun 16, 2025 to Jul 30, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Snack: M-F 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Up on Top
570 Ellis Street
Jun 16, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Snack: M-F 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Wah Mei
1555 Irving St
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025
Lunch: M-F 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Snack: M-F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground
830 Sacramento Street
Jun 9, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025
Breakfast: M-F 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Lunch: M-F 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Last updated April 9, 2025.
Find free meals for kids near you
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Nondiscrimination statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.