YNDC Awarded USDA FINI Grant

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

On
Tuesday August 8th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National
Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the award of $498,880 to
YNDC from the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program, to encourage
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in Youngstown,
Ohio to purchase healthy foods.

The grant will fund the Eating for Health in
the Mahoning Valley project, which will increase food access by helping SNAP
customers purchase fresh produce at 6 farmers markets and local food outlets in
Youngstown and Warren, and will also expand the Mercy Health Fruit and
Vegetable Prescription Program, which provides vouchers to Mercy Health
patients to purchase fruits and vegetables in order to increase healthy eating.