HEALTHY FOOD INITIATIVE PROGRAM
The Healthy Food Initiative Program provides funds which can be used to finance business and real estate projects that provide healthy foods.
- An applicant must be a Community Development Financial Institution (a “CDFI”) or a Community Development Entity (a “CDE”) (the “Program Applicant”).
- A successful Program Applicant uses its Healthy Food Initiative award to finance businesses and real estate projects which provide healthy food options, including grocery stores, farmers markets, bodegas, food co-ops, urban farms, production, distribution or retail aspects of the business cycle.