Grantees

Support for delivering produce and food boxes and for offering medically tailored meals to increase access to healthy and affordable foods for older adults who face barriers to obtaining food independently.

Support for a pop-up community choice market, where members can shop for fresh food and access cooking and nutrition education. Funding also supports professional development to build the skills to launch and operate the pilot community market.

Support for preparing and delivering meals to diverse groups of low-income Coloradans living with illnesses.

Support for expanding access to nutritious food, promoting healthy eating and increasing economic stability for families in Gunnison County with a weekly fresh-food box program, ongoing cooking skills education, and hosted community roundtables.

Support for expanding food distribution in Craig and extending food delivery to distribution sites in rural communities in Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties. Funding also supports programming to equip households to plan and prepare meals on a budget.

Support for expanding food assistance programming to include a new client-choice food pantry, providing nonperishable food to students over the weekends and school holidays and expanding food assistance to remote communities in Fremont County.

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

Support for the formation of school-nutrition community advisory councils to promote access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods, helping to implement new legislation (particularly in rural school districts), and supporting stakeholders in successfully implementing state legislation locally.

Support for building the infrastructure and systems to bring fresh, local and healthy foods to district food pantry sites and directly to students, families and caregivers each week. Additionally, grant funds support creating and implementing education opportunities for students and families on nutrition and healthy cooking.

Support for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers and producers to distribute to neighbors experiencing food insecurity.