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Appendix 11: No Kid Hungry Using Food Trucks to Transport Food
According to a recent GA0 report, the top barriers that people in rural areas face when trying to access the Summer Food Service
Program are long distances to the nearest meal site and lack of transportation options. See below.
Issues Reported as a Moderate to Extreme Challenge with the Summer Food Service Program
(SFSP) by Half or More of States in GAO’s Survey
NOTE: Respondents from some states also reported these factors as slightly challenging or not at all. In addition, fewer than half of states reported other factors as
moderately to extremely challenging.
SOURCE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/692193.pdf
No Kid Hungry, an initiative of Share Our Strength, a partner organization of Bread for the World, is using mobile food
trucks to take summer meals nearer where children live. To read more about the approach and what worked best, please see
Optimizing Summer and Afterschool Meal Service.304
Appendix 12: The Healthy Food Financing Initiative
The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) was launched in 2010 to bring grocery stores and other retailers of healthy food
to high-poverty communities identified as food deserts (see definition of concentrated poverty on page 54) or communities with
limited access to full-fledged grocery stores. HFFI works to reduce the impact of food deserts on both food security and nutrition.305
HFFI boosts economic opportunity for entrepreneurs and business owners of color by providing them with access to the
credit and financing needed to build their businesses. Lack of sufficient capital is a longstanding barrier that has prevented
many people of color from starting or sustaining food businesses.306
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