{"id":11579,"date":"2024-07-09T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:48:32","slug":"missouri-needs-a-statewide-healthy-food-financing-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/missouri-needs-a-statewide-healthy-food-financing-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Needs a Statewide Healthy Food Financing Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food is one of a handful of basic requirements for our survival. Yet too many Missourians are unable to meet this basic need when faced with the barriers of affordability and accessibility. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/map.feedingamerica.org\/county\/2022\/overall\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 data analyzed by Feeding America<\/a>, 15 percent of Missourians \u2013 more than 920,000 people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/hunger-in-america\/food-insecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food insecure<\/a>. The numbers are even more dire when we focus specifically on children: one in five Missouri children experiences food insecurity. More than 250,000 children in our state deal with the very adult responsibility of worrying about whether they will have enough food to eat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a country, we\u2019ve created an array of programs to help address the issue of food insecurity. Most of us are familiar with at least a few of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal nutrition programs<\/a> created over the past 85 years to bolster the nutrition of specific populations, including pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children, people with disabilities, and senior citizens. The largest of these programs provide a direct monthly benefit to eligible participants, redeemable on eligible purchases at participating retail stores, as with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/wic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)<\/a>. In 2022, SNAP recipients in Missouri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/snap_factsheet_missouri.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received $1.3 billion in benefits at an average of $185 per household member per month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the federal nutrition programs have been around for decades, why are so many Missourians still struggling with food insecurity? The federal nutrition programs address the <em>affordability<\/em> of food for low-income households, however, these programs do not address the issue of <em>accessibility<\/em>. Many Missouri residents live more than one mile in urban areas, and ten miles in rural areas, from a grocery store, the current benchmarks for \u201clow access.\u201d The USDA provides a mapping tool, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/food-access-research-atlas\/go-to-the-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food Access Research Atlas<\/a>, which can be used to visualize areas of low access, and other characteristics that impact food accessibility, such as low vehicle access and areas of concentrated poverty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11581\" style=\"width:676px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Food-Access-Map.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This map from the Food Access Research Atlas shows census tracts in Missouri that have low access to grocery stores \u2013 defined as 1 mile for urban areas and 10 miles for rural areas.&nbsp;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the past 20 years, we\u2019ve begun to see efforts at the local, state, and federal levels to address the issue of food accessibility through <a href=\"https:\/\/p3rc.uic.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2019\/11\/PSE_Change_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">policy, systems and environmental change (PSE)<\/a>. These efforts are often known as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefoodtrust.org\/what-we-do\/hffi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Healthy Food Financing Initiatives (HFFIs)<\/a>. HFFIs typically provide non-traditional financing options and expert technical assistance to food retail projects (like traditional brick and mortar grocery stores) and food enterprise projects (such as mobile markets or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agmrc.org\/food\/food-hubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food hubs<\/a>) that will introduce or improve healthy food access in areas that lack access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced in 2004, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinvestment.com\/insights\/pennsylvania-fresh-food-financing-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative<\/a> (FFFI) was the first HFFI program in the nation. The FFFI was a collaborative effort of state government, non-profit organizations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfifund.gov\/sites\/cdfi\/files\/documents\/cdfi_infographic_v08a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a community development financial institution (CDFI)<\/a>. The FFFI was seeded with a total of $30 million in state funding over the first three years of operation, which was combined with $145 million in additional public and private funding. The initiative provided project funding in the form of loans ranging from $200,000 to $3.5 million, as well as grants of up to $250,000 per project. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefoodtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/HFFI-Impacts-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The FFFI financed a total of 88 projects<\/a> over a six-year period. These projects resulted in 5,000 jobs and the development of more than 1.67 million square feet of food retail, bringing healthy food access to an additional 400,000 people. The success of the FFFI spurred the development of projects in several localities and states, as well as driving the development of the federally-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investinginfood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America\u2019s Healthy Food Financing Initiative<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>America\u2019s Healthy Food Financing Initiative came into existence with the 2014 Farm Bill. The program is administered by Reinvestment Fund, the CDFI partner of the Pennsylvania FFFI. America\u2019s HFFI has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investinginfood.com\/tsg-program-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded more than $25 million in direct funding<\/a> to food retail and food enterprise projects in 48 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. Most recently, America\u2019s HFFI awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investinginfood.com\/partnerships-program-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$40 million in funding to 16 public-private partnerships<\/a> through the Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program. The purpose of the HFFI Partnerships Program is to support the development of HFFIs in localities, states, and tribal communities throughout the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empower Missouri partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Missouri Extension<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IFF<\/a>, y <a href=\"https:\/\/moenvironment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missouri Coalition for the Environment<\/a> to apply for the HFFI Partnership Program funding, and was awarded a three-year, $1 million capacity building grant. This amazing grant opportunity allowed us to form the <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/policy-priorities\/food-security\/missouri-rural-food-access-partnership\/\">Missouri Rural Food Access Partnership<\/a>. We are focused on achieving two major outcomes during the HFFI Partnership Program grant. First, University of Missouri Extension will work with eligible rural communities to implement the <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/programs\/food-systems\/missouri-eats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missouri EATs program<\/a> to surface and develop a pipeline of fundable food retail and food enterprise projects in rural areas of low food access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, we will work to build a strong statewide coalition of stakeholders who are interested in contributing to the development and funding of a statewide HFFI for Missouri. The list of potential stakeholders includes our partners in urban areas who are engaged in HFFI work, CDFIs and other lending institutions that want to contribute to the development of a statewide HFFI lending network, organizations working with impacted populations and geographies throughout the state, and healthcare institutions focused on long-term sustainable solutions to healthy food access through policy, systems and environmental changes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July marks the start of our three-year grant. We are eager to share more about our initial plans for the Missouri Rural Food Access Partnership, gather input from the community, and on-board new partners interested in taking an active role in this work. We hope that you will join us for a <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/events\/missouri-rural-food-access-partnership-launch-webinar\/\">one-hour webinar on Wednesday, July 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 10 \u2013 11 a.m<\/a>., to learn more about the Partnership and how you can be involved. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/events\/missouri-rural-food-access-partnership-launch-webinar\/\">este enlace<\/a> to register; and while we hope you will join us live and contribute to the conversation, everyone who registers will receive a link to the recorded webinar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/policy-priorities\/food-security\/missouri-rural-food-access-partnership\/\" style=\"background-color:#fcd116\">Learn More About the Partnership<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/events\/missouri-rural-food-access-partnership-launch-webinar\/\" style=\"background-color:#fcd116\">Register for the Launch Webinar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food is one of a handful of basic requirements for our survival. 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