Find food and shelter
2025 Los Angeles Fires
Find food banks, food benefits, emergency shelters, and temporary housing options.
Food
Food banks (external link)
Your local food bank can connect you with free food and groceries.
WIC food benefits (external link)
The California Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program supports growing families with low incomes.
CalFresh food benefits (external link)
CalFresh offers food benefits for people with low incomes.
Shelter
Emergency shelters
Emergency shelters for the LA fires are now closed.
Temporary housing assistance
FEMA disaster assistance includes support for temporary housing. The deadline to apply was March 31, 2025. But you can submit a late application for 60 days after the deadline. Go to DisasterAssistance.gov(external link) to apply or check your application status.
If FEMA denied your application, you have 60 days to appeal FEMA’s decision(external link).