This bill reauthorizes the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which helps communities access healthy food by funding grocery stores and other food resources. It aims to improve nutrition and food availability, especially in areas that lack these options.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes and provides specified funds for the Department of Agriculture's Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) through FY2030 and for each fiscal year thereafter. As background, HFFI provides loans, grants, and technical assistance resources to eligible healthy food retailers and food supply chain enterprises to improve and support access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food in urban and rural underserved communities.