Oklahoma Agencies and Food Assistance Programs
ONIE Project
The Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education (ONIE) Project promotes healthy living through innovative and creative strategies for communities, families and individuals.
Oklahoma SNAP Assistance Program
SNAP enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. SNAP recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores/Farmers' Markets.
Senior Farmers Market
The Oklahoma Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides a $50 EBT debit card to eligible seniors. This card can be used to purchase locally grown produce, raw honey, and fresh-cut herbs.
Beginning March 15, you can come in to Shortline Produce Co. any Thursday between 11-4, for assistance applying for SFMNP benefits. Call to make an appointment on any other days.
We have a recruitment team to assist seniors in the application process and provide real-time updates on an applicant’s status.
Recruitment events in the Cookson area will be announced in Early April.
More than 141,000 Cherokee Nation citizens reside within the tribe’s reservation boundaries in northeastern Oklahoma. Services provided include health and human services, education, employment, housing, economic and infrastructure development, environmental protection and more. The Cherokee Nation Farmers Market WIC program encourages recipients to make healthy food choices and supports local agriculture. Ask your CN WIC Case Worker for more information.
TSET’s Healthy Living Program
TSET's focus, as outlined in the Oklahoma Constitution, is to reduce Oklahoma's leading cause of preventable death - tobacco use and obesity - In order to reduce cancer and cardiovascular disease. As a state grantmaking trust, TSET funds prevention, research, and emerging opportunities to improve the health of every Oklahoman.
Reach out if you need a little boost this week. At Shortline Produce Co, we have a Pay-It-Forward Coupon board that is sponsored by Community Generosity. Anyone can come in and use pre-paid coupons to shop for food. Take what you need, or give what you can, and help our healthy community thrive.