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Lisa Chen, MCP, MPH
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Healthier Food For Sale Finding the Funding Agenda: Strategies for funding healthy food retail Interviews Audience Q & A
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Healthier Food for Sale: Finding the Funding Christine Fry, MPP 2011
The co benefits of healthy food retail Creates jobs Fosters entrepreneurship Revitalize commercial districts Improves health
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Finding Funding Healthy Food Retail 1) Seek (non )traditional sources of funding 2) Find local partners and champions 3) Build a persuasive case 4) Don t forget the demand side
What Seek is economic (non )traditional development? sources of funding economic development agencies Healthy Food Financing Initiatives
What Find is economic local partners development? and champions
What Most is economic important partner: development? Community
What Build is economic a persuasive development? case South LA $92 million Pasadena $28 million Thousand Oaks $57 million $0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 Spending power for food at home
What Don t is economic forget the development? demand side SNAP reaches 66% of those eligible for the program.
Voices from the field
Julie Curti John Fisk Leana Nakielski Kristen Markley 2011
Julie Curti United States Department of Agriculture Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Food Desert Locator: www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert
Increasing Access to Healthy, Affordable Food: www.usda.gov/fooddeserts USDA Nutrition Assistance Programs: www.fns.usda.gov
John Fisk, PhD Wallace Center at Winrock International
Wallace Center: http://www.wallacecenter.org HUFED (Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center): http://www.hufed.org
Leana Nakielski Growing Power Kristen Markley Community Food Security Coalition
Growing Power Programs Urban Sustainable Agriculture Production & Demonstration Rainbow Farmers Cooperative Farm to City Market Baskets Internships & Job training Youth Corps Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative Farm Fresh to MPS (Milwaukee Public Schools) Regional Outreach Training Centers Commercial Urban Agriculture training Farmers Markets and Farm Stands Corporate partnerships Community and School gardens Farmer Training Food Waste Management and Composting Renewable Energy Systems
Community Food Project (CFP) Funds Available How much funding is available? Up to $300,000 for well designed projects of up to three years' duration Must be matched dollar for dollar with non federal resources How does an organization apply? Only private, nonprofit entities meeting specific requirements as listed in the Request for Applications (RFA) are eligible. The Request for Application provides specific eligibility requirements and the information you need to apply for these funds. Is there help available for writing a Community Food Project proposal? For the past 12 years, CFSC has offered resources and free technical assistance (TA) to help grant applicants understand the USDA's Community Food Projects program and submit a strong proposal. Resources One on One Assistance The CFP program is administered by the National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Applications must be submitted by November 17, 2011
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