Health Equity Series: Food Insecurity

Overview

Food insecurity and a lack of access to healthy food affects the health and wellbeing of vulnerable low-income Missourians. However, it is not solely a problem for low-income residents, but a concern for all Missourians.
 
Food insecurity and a lack of access to healthy foods affects every part of our society, including education, health care, national security and our state and national economies. As a community and a state, we must push for action and work toward strengthening our food systems and making them more equitable for all Missourians. 

December 2015

High-Quality, Affordable Childcare for All: Good for Families, Communities, and the Economy

Overview

This issue brief describes how increasing access to high-quality and affordable childcare benefits families, communities, and the economy.

Find other equity briefs here.

Profile on ShopRite at Springfield Avenue Marketplace

Overview

In the Newark University Heights neighborhood, 11.5 acres have sat vacant since the 1967 Newark Riots, despite decades of effort to revitalize the community. This block is the site of the future Springfield Avenue Marketplace, a 274,000-square-foot retail and housing development that will provide 152 housing units and be anchored by a new 67,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket.
 
This ShopRite is owned and operated by Neil Greenstein, a third-generation grocer. To ensure that the store meets the needs of its customers, Greenstein spent two years meeting with community members and plans to purchase produce from the Greater Newark Conservancy community garden across the street. Greenstein is partnering with Uplift Solutions, an organization that supports the development of supermarkets in underserved communities, to tailor his ShopRite to the area’s needs.

CDFI Program Award Book

Overview

The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is a collaboration between the USDA and HHS to improve healthy food access in low income communities across the country. A total of 11 organizations received $22,000,000 in grants and loans through the 2015 HFFI CDFI Award cycle. Learn key facts and statistics about the full group of awardees in the 2015 CDFI Award Book.

What is the Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule?

Comments to HUD on the Sustainable Communities Advance Notice of Funding Availability

Implementing the Fair Housing Equity Assessment: Advancing Opportunity through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

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