COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP PROGRAM)
Phone: 332-4358
22 South Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867
A nutrition program, sponsored by the WIC Program, offers free
nutritious foods. The food is distributed monthly to Strafford
County participants from our Dover and Rochester locations. CSFP
services are free of charge. Eligibility required.
FOOD PANTRIES, SHELTERS, AND SOUP KITCHENS IN STRAFFORD
COUNTY
Barrington:
Barrington Community Food Pantry
Community Building (next to Gym)
Amey or Jeanne 664-9007
Thursday evening 6 pm- 8 pm.
Dover:
Dover Food Pantry
Phone: 742-1666
1 Silver Street (corner of Silver St. and Central Ave.)
Hours: 9 am to 12 noon on Thursdays.
Dover Friendly Kitchen
St. Thomas Church Parish Hall, Locust Street
Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays & lst Wed, 5 pm to 6pm.
St. Joseph's Church (Pantry)
Phone: 742-4837
150 Central Ave. (back entrance of Rectory)
Hours: 9 am-12 noon, Mon, Tues, and Wed.
Durham:
Church of St. Thomas More
Phone: 868-2666 6 Madbury Road (church basement)
Hours: Thursdays, 4 pm to 6 pm.
Farmington:
Interfaith Food Pantry
Phone: 755-4816
400 Main Street, Farmington, NH 0383
Hours: Last Saturday of each month (except not open in August).
Hours: 9:30 am - 10:30 am. Call anytime for an emergency.
Strafford County Community Action
Phone: 755-9305
527 Main Street
Hours: Tues, Wed, and Fri, 9 am to 1 pm.
Lee:
Lee Congregational Church Food Pantry
Phone: 659-2861
17 Mast Road
Lee, NH 03824
Open the lst and 3rd Monday of each month from 6 pm to 7 pm. Also
by "immediate need" appointment. Please call 659 -2861.
Milton:
Strafford County Community Action - Milton Community
Services (next to Milton Fire Dept.)
Phone: 652-9893
Hours: Mon - Thurs from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm; and 8:30 am to 12:30
pm on Friday.
New Durham:
Town Hall
Phone: 859-2752
Welfare Office: 859-0204
Hours: Every Thursday 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
Rochester:
Gerry's Food Pantry
150 Wakefield Street
Hours: Mon & Fri 1 pm - 3:30 pm, and Wed 10 am to 3:30 pm.
Salvation Army Pantry
Phone: 332-2623
36 Autumn Street
Hours: Mon, Wed, & Fri 9 am to 3 pm, and Thurs. 9 am to 1 pm.
(Closed on Tuesday.)
Rochester Fellowship Kitchen Methodist Church
Phone: 332-7113
74 South Main Street
Hours: Tues & Thursday from 5 pm to 6 pm. Evening meal anyone
is welcome.
Somersworth:
The Community Food Pantry, Inc.
First Parish Church
Phone: 692-2057
176 West High Street
Hours: Monday 10 am to 12 pm. Wednesday 6 pm to 8 pm. Thursday 3
pm to 5 pm.
Strafford:
Third Baptist Church Pantry
Phone: 664-7729
Junction of Rte. 202A and Rte. 126
Hours: Thursday 8 am to 10 am.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Phone: 332-9120 in Rocheste
Provides an opportunity for low income persons and families to
increase their purchasing power through the use of food stamps.
For more information on the application process, call NH Div. of
Human Services at above number.
NH DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Child Support Service: 150 Wakefield
Street, Rochester, NH Phone: 332-9120 Open Monday thru Friday 8
am to 4:30 pm.
Division of Family Assistance: 150
Wakefield Street, Rochester. Phone: 332-9120 Open Monday thru
Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm. Responsible for administering programs to
provide financial and medical assistance to people in NH who are
in need and meet eligibility requirements. Financial Assistance
Programs: Old Age Assistance, Aid to Needy, Aid to the Blind, Aid
to Permanently and Totally Disabled, Temporary Aid for Needy
Families. Medical Assistance: Medicaid is designed to help
persons with limited income obtain medical services. Food Stamps:
Administers Food Stamp Program.
Division of Children, Youth & Family Services:
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH.
Phone: 332-9120
Open: Monday thru Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.
Protective services, investigation of abuse and neglect,
placement of children in foster homes, adoption service and
counseling for unwed mothers and adoptive parents.
Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services:
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867.
Phone: 332-9120 or 1-800-862-5300 Fax: 335-5993
State Office: 129 Pleasant Street, State Office Park
South, Concord, NH 03301.
Phone: 271-4680 or 1-800-351-1888 Fax: 271-4643
TDD Access 1-800-735-2964
The Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services (BEAS) provides social
and supportive services to elderly adult or persons living with
disabilities/chronic illnesses. Some of the services available
are: case
management, counseling, adult group day care, adult in-home care,
home-delivered and congregate meals, homemaker's services,
emergency support, transportation, and respite care. In addition,
special programs also available are:
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorder Program:
Phone 1-800-351-1888 or 1-800-852-3345 ext. 4687
Information and referral for families and professionals,
including New Hampshire's Family Care Guide - a comprehensive
caregivers manual, lending library of books and videotapes,
consultations and presentations to general public, agencies and
facilities.
Adult Protection Services:
Phone: 332-9120 or 1-800-862-5300
State Office Phone: 271-4680 or 1-800-351-1888
Within DEAS, the Office of Community Services receives and
investigates reports of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation
of elderly adults/persons with disabilities/chronic illnesses.
Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman:
Phone: 1-800-422-5640
For assistance to residents of Long Term Care Facilities (such as
nursing homes, residential care home) in resolving complaints
made by residents or on behalf of a resident.
Senior Citizens Law ProjectAdvice Line:
Phone: 1-888-353-9944
For legal questions involving civil matters, not criminal, such
as Medicare/Medicaid, nursing home, pensions, consumer and family
issues.
STRAFFORD COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM & MEALS ON WHEELS
Phone: 692-4211 Fax: 692-2877
9 Bartlett Ave., PO Box 31, Somersworth, NH 03878
Provides noon-time meals five days a week, Monday thru Friday for
persons age 60 and over. Dining halls are presently located in
Dover, Farmington, Rochester, and Somersworth. Home delivered
meals and Meals On Wheels assists qualified seniors and disabled
individuals who are unable to prepare meals for themselves.
STRAFFORD COUNTY / UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Phone: 749-4445 Fax: 743-3431
Website: www.extension.unh.edu
259 County Farm Road, #5, Dover, NH 03820
Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Offers informal educational programs designed for individuals,
families, and communities in the following areas: financial
management, child care, family development, community
development, 4-H Youth development, nutrition, and food safety,
agriculture and forestry, wildlife management, and more.
U.N.H. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Strafford County Office: 749-4445
Rockingham County Office: 679-5616 or 1-800-248-6672.
Website: www.extension.unh.edu
UNH Cooperative Extension provides programs and resources for
individuals, families, and youth in a variety of areas including:
Family and Consumer Resources, Nutrition Connections, Life Skills
for Employment, Achievement, and Purpose (LEAP), and 4-H Youth
Development.
Family and Consumer Resources programs are in the areas of
parenting, single parenting, stepfamilies, money management,
media literacy, nutrition, and food safety; and reach parents,
seniors, child care providers, consumers, and food service
workers.
Nutrition Connections provides nutrition and fitness education
for families and youth of limited resources through one-on-one
and group settings.
LEAP provides family life skills education to those who receive
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and are in the NH
Employment Program.
4-H Youth Development helps facilitate community youth
development projects and opportunities for youth to enhance their
skills and abilities in a wide variety of interest areas.
In addition, UNH Cooperative Extension works in the areas of
Agriculture Resources, Forestry Resources, Land and Water
Conservation, Sea Grant, and Marine Resources.
Examples of programs of interest to seniors: programs that evolve
around food safety; nutrition and fitness; and money management.
Claudia Boozer-Blasco presents programs about "Food Safety
on the Home Front" for seniors that are living in a
residential community. Terri Schoppmeyer provides senior
nutrition and fitness programs. Karen Blass is involved in an
initiative called "Financial Security in Later Life".
For more information go to the above web site, or call one of the
phone numbers listed above.
WIC PROGRAM (Women, Infants, & Children)
Phone: 332-4358
22 South Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867
A supplemental food program providing prescribed food vouchers
for pregnant, breast feeding and postpartum women, infants, and
children up to age five. Nutritional and dietary evaluation,
nutrition education, supplemental food vouchers, information and
referral, and breast feeding support. The program is open to
income eligible women and children with medical or nutritional
risks. WIC services are free of charge.