Grantees

Support for establishing a client-choice food pantry in partnership with the local school district, providing meals for students over the weekends and school breaks, and expanding the mobile food pantry to remote communities. 

Support for purchasing food and distributing it as part of the Food Bank Network of the San Luis Valley, and for nutritional and food systems education. 

Support for school-nutrition community advisory councils to promote access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods, and helping implement new legislation, particularly in rural school districts.

Support for expanding the food pantry program to provide additional food assistance in Fountain and the Fort Carson Army installation, focusing on accessibility, nutritious food, education and creating two distribution sites in Fountain. 

Support for procuring fresh foods from producers and farmers to distribute at no cost.  

Support for increasing access to nutritious and affordable food for 12 rural charter schools by enhancing infrastructure and providing access to resources.

Support for providing monthly coupons for the purchase of fresh food to people ineligible for federal food assistance, including marginalized and immigrant communities. 

Support for providing fresh, local and culturally relevant foods to two district food clinics and for monthly pop-up food markets that serve students, families and caregivers. 

Support for providing education, training and policy assessments for Community Resilience Initiatives grantees, and supporting their legislative advocacy work. 

Support for creating an advocacy strategy to help Community Resilience Initiatives mental and behavioral health grantees, and for providing them with coaching and training.