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Find similar grantsHealthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Planning Grant Program is sponsored by USDA. This program supports early-stage planning and development of projects aiming to strengthen, expand, and innovate within the food retail supply chain, particularly in underserved areas.
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* Tribal Relations & Technical Assistance ## Healthy Food Financing Initiative America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is a public-private partnership administered by Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven community development financial institution, on behalf of USDA Rural Development. HFFI was established by the 2014 Farm Bill and reauthorized in 2018.
HFFI provides financial and technical assistance, either directly or through other partners and intermediaries, to eligible fresh, healthy food retailers and food retail supply chain enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.
### Healthy Food Financing Fact Sheet Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Grants The Healthy Food Financing Initiative To date, HFFI has awarded over $25 million in funding directly to 162 food retail and food retail supply chain projects through the HFFI Targeted Small Grants Program. These projects have been located in 48 states, in addition to Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
In 2024, an additional $40 million was awarded in grants to 16 public-private partnerships through the HFFI Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program to support the creation of a new or expansion of an existing Food Financing Program. These Food Financing Programs will serve 20 states and involve 75 partners. _**To learn more about the**__**history and impact of America’s HFFI.
**_ The HFFI Program provides funding to eligible organizations that are working to plan or develop a food retail outlet or food supply chain business model that will improve access to staple and perishable foods in underserved areas through SNAP eligible food retailers.
Eligible underserved areas include: * USDA’s 2019 USDA Low Income Low Access census tracts * Census tracts with median family incomes less than or equal to 120 percent of area median family income that are adjacent to USDA’s 2019 LILA census tracts * Geographic Areas that meet the criteria as having low access to supermarkets or grocery stores through a methodology that has been adopted for use by another government or philanthropic healthy food initiative or demonstrates other criteria describing low access to supermarkets or grocery stores for an underserved community.
_**Additional info on eligibility, including**__**an eligibility map**_. * **Building a Cooperative Food Market in North Flint, Michigan** _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.
_ * **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.
_ * **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.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Businesses and non-profit organizations that can demonstrate how their planned business model will contribute to food access through the availability of staple and perishable foods for retail sale. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $10,000 - $150,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
This listing does not include a published deadline, but it is a periodic program. Check the official notice for the current cycle's exact dates.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Planning Grant Program is funded by USDA. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments is sponsored by Department of Justice. To increase tribal capacity to respond to violent crimes against Indian women, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against Indian women. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.587. Last updated on 2024-11-26.
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