America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative improves access to healthy food and expands economic opportunity in underserved areas.
America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative improves access to healthy food and expands economic opportunity in underserved areas.
Reinvestment Fund awards $40,336,270 in grant funding for the Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program to support food financing programs in rural, urban and Tribal communities across 20 states and Washington D.C.
Read MoreHealthy Food Financing Initiative Announces $6 Million Available for Planning and Predevelopment Activities.
Read moreHFFI provides grants, loans, and technical assistance to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas, create and preserve quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities. HFFI supports the capacity of local and regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships, and provides financial and technical assistance to eligible healthy food retailers and food enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers entry in areas with inequitable access.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HFFI FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESReinvestment Fund is inviting applications for grant awards through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Planning Grant Program, a new program that will provide grants to eligible organizations to support healthy food retail or food retail supply chain projects that are in early-stage planning and predevelopment phases.
Multi-Million Dollar Grants Will Support 16 Food Financing Programs Serving Rural, Urban, Tribal Communities Nationwide
The 2014 Flint Water Crisis, compounded by the closure of two major grocery stores by 2015, left North Flint residents exposed to dangerous levels of lead and without access to affordable, fresh food.
When the small “farmers market” style store that served the Oxford, Mississippi community for over 30 years closed in 2016, the neighborhood was left with limited access to fresh foods. Chicory Market, a full-service community grocery store, took over the space in 2017.
We work with a variety of partners to make a difference in communities most in need of access to healthy food. Join us.