INCOME GUIDELINES & APPLICATION

Once a month, Our Low-income Members and Volunteers along with members of 13 other gleaning organizations in Linn and Benton counties spend the morning repacking food at Linn-Benton Food Share’s Warehouse in Tangent, Oregon. We also pick up food through agency partner agreements with Linn-Benton Food Share, Feed America, and The Oregon Food Bank. Food is also acquired through local donors and private donation from members in our community.

Our Members glean food and wood from farms and donors.

Low-income members who go on gleans get to keep 50% of the food and wood they glean. The other 50% goes to low-income adoptee households or households where there is not an adult who is physically or mentally capable of working.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA:

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) Fax: at (202) 690-7442; or

(3) Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.