Arizona
State & Local Programs
Are you working on a local or state program in Arizona? Are you involved with a project supported by a federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative grant? Let us know at contact@thefoodtrust.org. We encourage you to tap into your local food system to learn more about food access issues and become an advocate.
For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.
New Mexico
Oklahoma
State & Local Programs
Active: Oklahoma Healthy Food Financing Program
The Oklahoma Healthy Food Financing Program offers grants and loans to food retailers to establish, renovate, or expand healthy food outlets in underserved, low or moderate-income communities. The program is housed under the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and applications are reviewed quarterly.
Federally Funded Local Lenders (past and present)
Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation
Project Profiles
R&G Family Grocers’ Mobile Market
For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.
Texas
State & Local Programs
Active: El Paso County Health Food Financing Initiative
The El Paso County Healthy Food Financing Initiative is a grant and low-interest loan program aiming to increase healthy grocery access in the highest need areas of the county. The opportunity is open to independent grocers as well as regional and national chain grocery stores. Program partners include the El Paso County Economic Development Department, UTHealth (School of Public Health El Paso) Center for Community Health Impact and PeopleFund.
Inactive: Harris County Healthy Food Financing Initiative
The Harris County Healthy Food Financing Initiative (2019-2021) was a grant-only program created by the Commissioner’s Court. In addition to healthy food retail, the program supported nutrition education and urban agriculture projects to support food access in underserved parts of the county.
Federally Funded Local Lenders (past and present)
Business and Community Lenders of Texas
LiftFund (formerly ACCION Texas, Inc.)
Neighborhood Housing Services of Dimmit County, Inc.
Waterman Steele Real Estate Advisors
Project Profiles
Healthy Food Financing and Pyburn’s Farm Fresh Foods
For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.