Presented by Rebecca Flournoy

1. Healthy Food Financing Initiative A national campaign initiated by PolicyLink, The Food Trust, and The Reinvestment Fund Goal: To improve access to healthy food in low-income, underserved rural, suburban, & urban communities

2. Diverse Support for HFFI Partial List of National Supporters

3. Healthy Food Financing Initiative President Obama requests $330 million for a national Healthy Food Financing Initiative in his 2012 budget proposal

4. Let’s Move Initiative http://www.letsmove.gov Healthy Choices Healthy Schools Physical Activity Access to Healthy Foods

5. 2012 Budget Proposal Administered by: USDA HHS Treasury (CDFI Fund) Budget Allocation: $35 million $20 million $25 million & $250 million NMTCs

6. Agencies NOFAs Treasury Health and Human Services USDA, HHS, Treasury – joint website at http://apps.ams.usda.gov/fooddeserts/foodDeserts.aspx

7. Legislation Legislation Introduced in 2010 Will be reintroduced in 2011

8. www.policylink.org/ KeepMeInformed/HFFI Updates E-advocacy opportunities Take Action