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Indiana · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free summer meals for kids in Indiana
667 summer meal sites in 178 Indiana cities and towns, run by 193 sponsors, from USDA's Summer Meals Site Finder. 82 offer meals to go and 585 are eat on-site.
These are last summer's sites
Need food for your kids now? Call the USDA National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479), Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, or check the official USDA Summer Meals Site Finder. The list below is the summer 2026 season, which ended on September 30, 2026. These sites are not listed as open now, and the dates and meal times are from last summer, not a schedule for this year or next summer. Sites for the next summer are usually announced in the spring.
SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) in Indiana
According to USDA, Indiana did not take part in SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) in 2026. Free summer meal sites, below, are a separate program that every state can offer. USDA's page was last updated August 14, 2026. To take part, a state or Tribe needs an approved plan from USDA, and each decides again every year. Check the current list on USDA's site for next summer.
Cities with the most summer meal sites
Largest sponsors in Indiana
- Fort Wayne Community Schools 40 sites
- City of Indianapolis, Dept of Parks and Recreation 35 sites
- Perry Township Schools 30 sites
- MSD of Wayne Township 28 sites
- Huntington County Community School Corporation 15 sites
- MSD of Lawrence Township 15 sites
- East Noble School Corporation 13 sites
- Michigan City Area Schools 13 sites
- School City of Hammond 13 sites
- Bartholomew Consolidated Schools 12 sites
All cities A–Z
- Akron 2
- Albany 1
- Alexandria 3
- Anderson 5
- Andrews 2
- Angola 1
- Argos 1
- Ashley 1
- Auburn 4
- Austin 1
- Avilla 1
- Bainbridge 1
- Bedford 2
- Beech Grove 2
- Bloomfield 1
- Bloomington 11
- Bluffton 2
- Bremen 1
- Brook 1
- Brooklyn 1
- Brookville 1
- Brownstown 1
- Bruceville 1
- Butler 2
- Cambridge City 1
- Camby 1
- Campbellsburg 1
- Cedar Grove 1
- Charlestown 1
- Chesterton 2
- Chrisney 1
- Clarksville 3
- Clinton 1
- Columbus 11
- Connersville 2
- Corunna 1
- Crawfordsville 3
- Crown Point 1
- Culver 1
- Dale 1
- Daleville 1
- Decatur 2
- Delphi 2
- Dunkirk 1
- East Chicago 6
- Elkhart 6
- Elwood 1
- Evansville 12
- Fairmount 1
- Fishers 1
- Fort Wayne 46
- Francesville 1
- Franklin 1
- Frankton 1
- Fremont 1
- French Lick 1
- Garrett 1
- Gary 11
- Gas City 3
- Gaston 1
- Goodland 1
- Goshen 5
- Greencastle 3
- Greenfield 2
- Greensburg 2
- Greenwood 3
- Griffith 1
- Hamilton 1
- Hamlet 1
- Hammond 20
- Hartford City 1
- Highland 2
- Hobart 11
- Huntingburg 2
- Huntington 13
- Indianapolis 160
- Jasonville 1
- Jasper 1
- Jeffersonville 7
- Kendallville 10
- Kentland 2
- Kewanna 1
- Kingsford Heights 1
- Knox 1
- Kokomo 3
- Lafayette 7
- LaGrange 1
- Lagro 1
- Lake Station 6
- Lakeville 2
- LaOtto 1
- LaPorte 3
- Laurel 1
- Liberty 1
- Ligonier 1
- Linton 1
- Logansport 4
- Lowell 1
- Lynn 2
- Madison 1
- Marengo 1
- Marion 1
- Martinsville 4
- Mentone 1
- Merrillville 6
- Michigan City 13
- Milford 1
- Mishawaka 16
- Monon 1
- Monroe 1
- Monroeville 1
- Monticello 2
- Mooresville 4
- Morgantown 1
- Morristown 1
- Muncie 10
- Nashville 1
- New Albany 7
- New Castle 1
- New Haven 3
- New Paris 1
- New Washington 1
- New Whiteland 1
- Nineveh 1
- North Judson 1
- North Manchester 1
- North Vernon 1
- Oakland City 1
- Oxford 2
- Patriot 1
- Pekin 2
- Peru 2
- Plainfield 1
- Plymouth 2
- Portage 5
- Portland 1
- Rensselaer 1
- Richmond 2
- Rising Sun 1
- Rochester 6
- Rockport 2
- Rockville 1
- Rolling Prairie 1
- Rome City 1
- Rushville 1
- Salem 1
- Schererville 1
- Scottsburg 1
- Selma 1
- Seymour 1
- Shelbyville 1
- South Bend 15
- Speedway 4
- Spencer 1
- Straughn 1
- Sullivan 1
- Syracuse 2
- Taylorsville 1
- Tell City 3
- Terre Haute 5
- Tipton 1
- Valparaiso 3
- Versailles 1
- Vevay 1
- Vincennes 4
- Wabash 8
- Waldron 1
- Walkerton 1
- Walton 2
- Warsaw 7
- Washington 1
- Waterloo 4
- West Terre Haute 1
- Whiteland 1
- Whiting 3
- Williamsport 1
- Winchester 2
- Winona Lake 1
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Questions families ask
Who can eat at a summer meal site?
USDA says its summer meal programs serve meals and snacks at no cost to children 18 and younger. Sites marked "Open to all kids" are open sites in USDA's data, meaning they welcome children from the community. Sites marked "Open with limits" are open to the community but can limit who attends, for example for safety or space. Hours change, so call the site before you go.
What does "Eat on-site" or "Meals to go" mean?
Eat on-site means meals and snacks are eaten at the site. Meals to go means they can be picked up and eaten somewhere else; some sites hand out more than one day at a time.
When are summer 2027 sites announced?
Sites for the next summer are usually announced in the spring, after sponsors apply to their state agencies. Until then this page shows last summer's list as a guide to which towns and sponsors ran sites. The official place to look is the USDA Summer Meals Site Finder.
Is this the same as SUN Bucks?
No. SUN Bucks, also called Summer EBT, is a separate USDA program that gives eligible families a benefit on a card. Summer meal sites serve meals to kids directly. Your state may offer one, both or neither.
Run a summer program in Indiana?
BackPR is a software company and does not run these meal sites. It is free for registered nonprofits: online registration, payments, waivers, attendance and messages to families. No subscription and no BackPR fee on what families pay.
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