Low income earners

https://healthyeatingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HER-Online-Purchasing-Brief-FINAL.pdf Dunn, C. G., Bianchi, C., Fleischhacker, S., & Bleich, S. N. (2021). Nationwide assessment of SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot state communication efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 53(11), 931-937.

Small proportion of SNAP benefits being redeemed online but expected to grow.

SNAP recipients

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1676 https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/124

Grant funding opportunities for produce prescriptions, incentive programs and technical support. FKA Food Insecuirty Nutrition Incentive Grant Program. https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/hunger-food-security-programs/gus-schumacher-nutrition-incentive-program

Low income earners receiving SNAP benefits

Incentive program for CalFresh (SNAP) recipients

improve access to healthy food in underserved rural and urban areas

Provide Grants and Technical Support - no matched funded required. USDA: "HFFI provides capacity building and financial resources to eligible healthy food retail projects and food supply chain enterprises to overcome the high costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas nationwide." https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/initiatives/healthy-food-financing-initiative

households and individuals in low income countries

School kids

SNAP recipients

Low income families + at-risk, predominantly Latina and African-American pregnant people

Women, Infants & Children (WIC) recipients + Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) recipients (People over 60 years)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00981389.2016.1265631 (Seniors) https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol30/iss1/6/ (WIC)

low-income communities in Rhode Island: Families with at least one child under the age of 12, and who participate in at least one of the US food assistance programs Women, Infants and Children (WIC) or SNAP, may enroll to receive financial incentives to purchase F&V in exchange for participating in family-based nutrition exposure and education interventions held weekly at farmers’ markets.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847109/ 'Exposure interventions' after FV purchased - "Importantly, the study findings suggest that participants are using the program’s financial incentives to supplement, rather than replace, their WIC/SNAP F&V budget."

Eligible / low income senior citizens (60+)

Moved from coupon to produce box in 2022

low income households

Low income households, SNAP recipients

WIC and Older Americans Act Nutrition Program

https://nourishcolorado.org/nourish-incentives/ + https://nourishcolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CNIP-2020-Report-2021.pdf

"Double Up is a grant funded “add-on” program to SNAP--the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Through Double Up, SNAP recipients earn credits for their SNAP food purchases. These credits are eligible for purchasing Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables. For every SNAP dollar spent, the purchaser earns a $1 credit to put towards buying local produce, up to $20/day. This free incentive is helping Colorado families put healthy, nutritious food on their tables without causing financial strain."

Families experiencing economic hardship

https://www.hawaiifoodbasket.org/kaukau4keiki "Kaukau 4 Keiki will distribute $53 of food benefits per week (a $35 grocery gift card and an $18 value of Hawai‘i grown produce) to help families with economic hardship. Kaukau 4 Keiki is explicitly designed for families with school-aged children who reside on Hawai'i Island."

Rural low income communities in Iowa

farmers markets, farm stands and/or CSA’s , with priority on rural and isolated communities, who currently do not have the incentive program, Double Up Food Bucks, in operation. Through an application process, the selected locations will receive technical assistance and financial support from the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative to increase the market’s sales of fresh fruits and vegetables through the following tactics; implementation of the Double Up Food Bucks program, increasing capacity of the market through a $1500 grant, implementation and sustainability planning for the market and incentive program, and digital marketing support and strategies to engage new customers that may be interested in purchasing specialty crops at the farmers market or farm stand locations.

food entrepreneurs - specific focus on supporting women and BIPOC-led businesses.

Families below the poverty line across India

https://dfpd.gov.in/pd-Introduction.htm "India's PDS is the world's largest food-based social safety net program, which distributes nearly 54 million tons of rice and wheat per year at highly subsidized prices to 807.2 million people through a vast network of more than 500,000 Fair-price shops (FPS) spread throughout the country"

Private health insurance members

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659342/

Eligible enterprises must support local and regional food business enterprises that process, distribute, aggregate, or store locally or regionally produced food products.

Program has been running from 2017 - current https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/lfpp

four low income, minority, urban communities with few healthy food retail outlets

community members that live within specific (isolated) north communities in Canada that often rely on food being flown in

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28151097/ https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1583415755307/1583415776936 https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1583415755307/1583415776936

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in remote community of Aurukun, Queensland

Feasibility trial

International students in City of Melbourne experiencing food insecurity during Covid-19

"The $200 is made up of 40 $5 vouchers that market stallholders can treat as cash." https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/high-demand-forces-capp-to-cap-plan-to-hand-food-vouchers-to-students-20200528-p54xa6.html

remote Indigenous communities

Founded Nov 2006 - A Commonwealth company. https://outbackstores.com.au/about/governance/

remote Indigenous communities

A 20% price discount was applied to fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, water and low joule soft drinks in 20 remote Indigenous community stores throughout the Northern Territory for a period of 24 weeks between June 2013-Dec 2014. Combined with consumer education campaigns.

Indigenous communities in the NT

https://keretocountry.com.au/pages/about Our team at Kere to Country work in partnership with Bully’s Meats (SA) to specialise in bulk beef and lamb packs and establish a sustainable and cost-effective way to supply fresh meat to Aboriginal communities.

low income households with children under 5, or pregnant at least 10weeks, refugees or asylum seekers, people already accessing healthy start

https://www.alexandrarose.org.uk/rose-vouchers/impact/ https://www.alexandrarose.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FINAL-EVALUATION-REPORT-3.pdf

low income earners that are 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4

low income earners that are pregnant, or up until your child turns 3 years old.

financially poor people across Europe cities

http://socialsupermarkets.org/about-2/project-results/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10495142.2011.623548?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab

http://socialsupermarkets.org/ Italy: Emporia of Solidarity mention of having income based management cards to purchase food in shops: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/84581737.pdf

Works as intermediary between producers/food businesses with food surplus and food banks/charities to divert food from becoming waste

Fund to provide food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived.

https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1089 - "EU countries may choose what type of assistance (food or basic material assistance, or a combination of both) they wish to provide, depending on their own situation, and how the items are to be obtained and distributed." "In real terms, over €3.8 billion are earmarked for the FEAD for the 2014-2020 period. In addition, EU countries are to contribute at least 15% in national co-financing to their national programme."

Distribution by partners to community members in need.

Assistance to the elderly and vulnerable people during COVID19 lockdowns

https://foodtrails.milanurbanfoodpolicypact.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Policy-Brief-Food-Aid-in-European-Cities-EUFoodCities.pdf - " 10 temporary hubs have been installed, dedicated to the preparation of food aid packages intended to the elderly and fragile people have been opened" Also aimed at reducing food waste volumes

anyone can be a member - aimed to be inclusive and not differentiate those in need. "Our model is based on a membership system whereby for a £2.50 membership, shoppers will get between £10 - £15 worth of quality food, in addition memberships are not limited which enables families to purchase multiple memberships further providing choice and flexible access to products."

https://www.communitycouncils.scot/ideas/community-engagement/the-scottish-pantry-network https://www.scottishpantrynetwork.org.uk/