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.
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.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HFFI FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Reinvestment Fund announced the latest expansion of America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), a nationwide program created to provide local solutions to increase food access in communities.
Reinvestment 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.
We work with a variety of partners to make a difference in communities most in need of access to healthy food. Join us.