The Healthy Food Financing Initiative aims to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.
40 million Americans still live without easy access to fresh and healthy food options.
How we improve access:
The Healthy Food Financing Initiative provides resources to eligible healthy food retail projects to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas. The program currently provides:
The program ultimately aims to provide additional capacity building and financing resources to build a more equitable food system that supports the health and economic vibrancy of all Americans.
Latest News
Contracting Opportunity–Seeking Professional Service Providers
Reinvestment Fund is seeking professional services providers to support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). Individuals or organizations who can provide technical assistance and industry-specific consulting services to HFFI grantees are needed.
Materials from Our Informational Webinars
Reinvestment Fund is inviting applications for financial and technical assistance through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative’s (HFFI) inaugural grants program.
Materials from our informational webinars held on December 13, 2018 and January 8, 2019 are now available.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Announces Availability of $1.8 Million in Financial and Technical Assistance
Reinvestment Fund is inviting applications for financial and technical assistance through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative’s (HFFI) inaugural grants program. Funding for the HFFI grants program is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. As the National Fund Manager, Reinvestment Fund will offer financial resources and expertise to eligible healthy food retail projects to expand access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.
2018 Update of the Limited Supermarket Access Analysis
Despite gains over the past decade, limited access to healthy food continues to affect urban and rural communities across the United States. Financing the construction of new supermarkets and the expansion of existing stores is one of the primary strategies to increase access to sources of healthy food in underserved communities. Reinvestment Fund’s Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) analysis is a tool to help investors and policymakers identify areas across the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia that have both inadequate and inequitable access to healthy food and sufficient market demand for new or expanded food retail operations.
This report summarizes Reinvestment Fund’s 2018 update to the LSA analysis, including results for selected regions as well as relevant changes to the methodology and data sources used in the analysis.
Partners
We work with a variety of partners to make a difference in communities most in need of access to healthy food. Join us.
