America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative improves access to healthy food and expand economic opportunity in underserved areas.
40 million Americans still live without easy access to fresh and healthy food options.
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Reinvestment Fund announces the expansion of HFFI to fund local partnerships that will provide financial and technical assistance to food projects.
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$30 million is available in grant awards through the HFFI Partnerships Program to establish and grow local food financing programs.
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America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) aims to build a more equitable food system that supports the health and economic vibrancy of all Americans.
HFFI 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.
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USDA Expands Healthy Food Financing Initiative to Local and Regional Partnerships
USDA and Reinvestment Fund will invite applications for the Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program beginning Aug 1, 2023. The $30 million in HFFI Partnerships Program grants is available through the Biden-Harris Administration’s American Rescue Plan.
Reinvestment Fund Looks to Sustain Enhanced Access to Healthy Food Through New Legislation
To expand access to healthy foods within underserved communities, Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12), joined by Representatives Shontel Brown (OH-11), Dwight Evans (PA-03) and Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Reauthorization Act of 2023.
Reinvestment Fund Awards $22.6 Million to Improve Healthy Food Access in Underserved Communities
Reinvestment Fund today announced $22.6 million in financial assistance awards to 134 projects through the 2021 round of America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative’s (HFFI) Targeted Small Grants Program. The 2021 round is the largest since the program launched in 2018.
USDA Increases Investment in Farm Bill’s Healthy Food Financing
The Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s framework for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system to be fairer, more competitive, and more resilient. USDA efforts to create more and better markets will benefit both producers and consumers, as well as address longstanding issues intensified by the pandemic. This framework includes an investment of $155 million to expand America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) with resources from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and other relief legislation. HFFI is administered by Reinvestment Fund on behalf of USDA Rural Development to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas.
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