By type of assistance

Housing Assistance
Listed below are agencies that provide emergency housing, transitional housing, and homeless shelters. For additional information visit the Lackawanna County Housing Coalition https://www.lchousingcoalition.org/housing-assistance
410 Olive Street
Scranton, PA 18509
570-343-8835

Food Banks & Pantries
The following Feeding Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Pennsylvania member food banks offer food assistance including food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters. **Please call ahead to make sure the pantry hours have not changed!** If you cannot locate a pantry near you - please call CEO's main office for a pantry referral: (570)-826-0510 or 800-822-0359 or visit https://www.ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org/find_a_food_pantry
- Friends of the Poor – Jackson Terrace
148 Meridian Ave
Scranton 18509
Pantry: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
570-348-4429 - Friends of the Poor – Valley View
950 Pear St, Building 9
Scranton 18505
Pantry: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am-12:30pm
570-348-3119 - Salvation Army Scranton
500 S. Washington Ave.
Scranton 18505
Food Pantry Tues-Fri 9-4
Mobile Pantry 3
rd Thurs 11-3pm - St Francis of Assisi Food Pantry
504 Penn Ave
Scranton 18510
Pantry: Tues/Wed/Thurs 11-2pm - United Neighborhood Centers
410 Olive St.
Scranton 18509
Hybrid: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm - Dress for Success
300 Lackawanna ave Suite 204
Scranton 18503
Pantry: Mon-Fri 9am-430pm - St Joseph’s Center Baby Pantry
320 S Blakely St
Dunmore 18512
Baby Pantry: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
- Bread Basket – Elm Park
712 Linden St
Scranton 18510
Pantry: Wed 10am To 12pm - Catholic Social Services: Scranton
638 Hemlock St
Scranton 18505
Pantry: Tues 12-4 - Green Ridge Assembly of God Pantry
825 Green ridge St.
Scranton 18509
Pantry: Wed 3-4:30p & Sunday 12-1p - Shepard’s of The Poor
932 Robinson St.
Scranton 18504
Pantry: Fri 12-1 - St. Paul’s/St. Clare’s Food Pantry
2301 N. Washington Ave
Scranton 18509
Pantry: Fridays, School year, 3 – 4:30;
Summer noon-1:30 - Bread Basket – Our Fathers House
1820 Church Ave.
Scranton 18508
Pantry: Wed 10-12 - Garden of Cedar
715 Cedar Ave.
Scranton, PA
Wednesdays & Thursdays
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Bread Basket – Valhalla
2754 Jackson St.
Scranton 18504
Pantry: Fridays 11-1 - Fraternite Notre Dame
420 River St.
Scranton, 18505
Pantry: Wednesdays 11am-2pm
- WellKind School for Early Learners
515 Fig Street
Scranton 18505
*For Students, Staff, and faculty only;
Pantry: 3rd Thursday of the Month - Bread Basket: Embury United Methodist
942 S Main Ave
Scranton 18504
Pantry: 3rd Saturday 1-3pm - Community Health Hub/Wright Center
Mobile Food Pantry
501 S Washington St.
Scranton 18510
Mobile Pantry: 3
rd Thurs 10am-2pm - Village Park Apartments
100 Townhouse Blvd.
Scranton 18505
Pantry: 3rd Fri 930am-1230pm - Salvation Apostolic Temple
223 N Main Ave
Scranton 18504
Pantry: 2nd & 4th Wed 12-2pm & 6-7pm - St Ann’s Food Pantry
1239 St. Ann’s St.
Scranton 18504
Pantry: 2nd & 4th Wed. 7pm-8:30pm - Kinship Kitchen @ Court Street UMC
816 Court St.
Scranton 18508
Meal Program: 3rd Thurs 4:30-6:30pm - St Catherine’s Manor
5 Knox Rd.
Scranton 18505
Mobile Pantry: 3rd Mon 12-2pm - Friends of the Poor – Hilltop Manor
136 Belvedere Dr, Community Room
Scranton 18505
Pantry: 3rd Thursday, 11am – 12noon - Friends of the Poor – St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church
232 Wyoming Ave
Scranton 18503
Pantry: 3rd Tuesday, 1pm – 3pm - Friends of the Poor – Finch Towers
424 Wyoming Ave
Scranton 18503
Pantry: Last Friday each month, 11am -12 - Friends of the Poor – Holy Rosary Center
311 W. Market Street
Scranton 18505
3rd Thursday each month
2:00pm – 3:00pm - Friends of the Poor – Saint James/Saint
George Episcopal Church
398 Washington Ave.
Jermyn 18433
4th Wednesday each month
1:00 – 2:00pm - Friends of the Poor – Marywood University
Pacer Pantry*
2300 Adams Ave.
Scranton 18505
*For Students, Staff, and faculty only;
Contact Karen Rossmell or Sarah Forsette at
Pacerpantry@marywood.edu

Recovery to Drug and Alcohol
Listed below are agencies that provide emergency housing, transitional housing, and homeless shelters. For additional information visit the Lackawanna County Housing Coalition https://www.lchousingcoalition.org/housing-assistance