NYAP Partners with Cultivate Food Rescue to Support Individuals & Families
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South Bend, IN (May 19, 2026) — The National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP), a human services organization that provides preventative care, foster homes, and behavioral health services with a focus on keeping families safely intact, is proud to announce a new partnership with Cultivate Food Rescue in South Bend, Indiana.
Through this collaboration, NYAP and Cultivate Food Rescue are working to ensure that children and youth experiencing the foster care system have consistent access to nutritious, high-quality meals.
This initiative will serve families involved with relative, kinship, and foster care by providing frozen meals prepared by Cultivate Food Rescue. Families can schedule meal pick-ups by emailing SouthBendMeals@nyap.org.
A key component of this partnership is reducing the financial strain on relative and kinship caregivers who step in when children and youth cannot safely remain at home. By supporting these caregivers, the program helps them stay connected to their families, cultures, and communities, helping reduce the trauma of separation and supporting successful reunification.
The meals will also support foster families during critical transition periods, particularly when a new youth or sibling group joins the home, and routines are still being established. In addition, meals will be used across NYAP’s preventative and supportive services, including the Father Engagement and Family Preservation programs.
For nearly 50 years, NYAP has provided comprehensive services to children, youth, and families and is recognized as a leading foster care provider in Indiana. The organization also serves communities in 15 additional states.
“We are incredibly grateful for our partnership with Cultivate Food Rescue,” says NYAP. “Together, we are helping ensure families have the resources they need to provide stability, care, and nourishment.”
For more information, contact SouthBendMeals@nyap.org.
About Cultivate Food Rescue: Cultivate Food Rescue is a nonprofit based in South Bend, Indiana, dedicated to ending hunger and reducing food waste. The organization rescues high-quality surplus food from local farms, restaurants, and distributors and transforms it into nutritious, ready-to-eat meals.
More than a food rescue organization, Cultivate also supports workforce development by providing job training and life skills for individuals facing barriers to employment. Through community partnerships, it distributes thousands of meals each week across Northern Indiana, helping build a healthier, more connected community.
About the National Youth Advocate Program: NYAP is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) human services organization dedicated to strengthening families, supporting children and youth, and building healthier communities
Since 1978, the National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) has provided culturally responsive, community-held services to children, youth, and adults with specialized behavioral, developmental, emotional, and physical needs through person-centered, innovative services and treatment.