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.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HFFI FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESLatest News
Reinvestment Fund’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative is Expanding Food Access in the Southeast
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.
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.
A New Food Retailer, People’s Harvest Community Grocery Store, to Expand Healthy Food Access in North County
Erica Williams founded A Red Circle, a North St. Louis County, Missouri-based nonprofit, in 2017. A Red Circle promotes community betterment in North County through a racial equity lens. In 2022, the organization was awarded a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) grant to support the development of its first grocery store project—a community-owned grocery store named People’s Harvest, which will include access to affordable groceries, cold storage space for Black farmers, a community learning space, and more.
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.
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