What do you need today?
Coming home can mean making a lot of decisions all at once. Outside Eats helps make food simpler with practical resources for shopping, cooking, budgeting and finding food assistance.
Start with what matters most right now.
Find the resources that fit your situation.
Whether you’re preparing for release, newly home, supporting someone else or working in reentry, start with the section that describes you best.
I’m Coming Home
Start with grocery basics, inexpensive meals, food assistance, budgeting and a simple plan for your first weeks home.
Start here →I’m Still Inside
Prepare before release with printable lessons, commissary ideas and practical food information designed to be shared by mail.
View inside resources →I’m Helping Someone
Find resources you can print, mail or use to help a family member or friend prepare for life after incarceration.
Family & friends resources →I Don’t Have a Kitchen
Find simple food ideas for people with a microwave, refrigerator, hot plate or very limited equipment.
No-kitchen ideas →I Need Food
Find food banks, food pantries, SNAP information, produce programs and other food resources in Florida.
Find food resources →I Work in Reentry
Use Outside Eats materials with clients, release packets, transitional housing, classes and community programs.
Partner with us →You don’t have to change everything at once.
Outside Eats is built around practical choices that can help stretch food dollars and make everyday meals easier. You do not have to become vegan or follow a perfect diet to use these resources.
Start with the Fresh Start Guide.
The Fresh Start Guide brings together the food information someone may need during the first days and weeks after release.
Inside the guide
✓ Your first grocery trip
✓ Building a low-cost pantry
✓ Cheap plant proteins
✓ Simple meals
✓ Cooking without a full kitchen
✓ Food assistance
✓ Your first 30 days