# Ind. Code § 12-20-16-5: Food relief

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-5

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 12-20-16-5
- **Heading:** Food relief
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 12 / Article 20 / Chapter 16 / Section 12-20-16-5

## Text

Sec. 5. (a) An applicant or a household that receives food relief in any township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) may request the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to issue a food order upon any eligible market, and the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall abide by that request.

(b) The amount of a food order for various sized households that are determined by the trustee to be eligible for township assistance shall be based upon uniform monthly amounts specified in the township's township assistance standards. However, an additional amount of food may be ordered for special health reasons as prescribed by a physician. A supplemental food order may be issued because of the loss of the recipient's food by:

(1) fire, flood, or other natural disaster;

(2) burglary or other criminal act; or

(3) the unpreventable spoilage of food.

(c) The trustee may issue a food order to an eligible applicant on either a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-2-1-10(d) part; 12-2-1-10(f).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.56; P.L.73-2005, SEC.72.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-1 Assistance only upon necessity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-2 Medical assistance; necessity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-3 Utility services payment; necessity; eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-3.5 Prepaid electric service](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-3.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-4 Repealed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-5 Food relief](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-6 Federal food stamp program eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-7 Eligible markets; continuing eligibility; purchase order itemization](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-8 Incompetent head of family; alternate food purchase order issuance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-9 Limitation on food assistance; food stamp application](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-10 Livestock; feed instead of cost of food](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-11 Nonresidents; transportation without ascertaining legal residence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-12 Funeral and burial or cremation expenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-12.md)
- [Ind. Code § 12-20-16-13 Processing purchased and donated materials for township assistance; gardens](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T12_A20_C16_S12-20-16-13.md)

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