Hunger Impact Partners

Hunger Impact Partners' four initiatives expand and increase access and utilization of exisiting meal programs designed to close the meal gap among wic families, at licensed childcare centers, in schools with after-school enrichment activities, and at summer feeding sites in low-income neighborhoods. We funded nutrition infrastructure projects in five school districts and nine community-based non-profits in low-income neighborhoods with large bipoc populations in the 7-county metro and awarded grants to six public school districts in greater Minnesota. Grants enabled facility upgrades, staffing and tech support. We supported 15 childcare centers with tech support, record-keeping resources and staffing to increase the number of meals served and improve financial accountability. We supported outreach efforts to promote after-school meal program participation and developed a compliance curriculum for new sponsors adding 18 new after-school sites, where 21,500 additional meals were served to school age children. We provided funding to support four multi-family affordable housing sites, five community libraries, and four faith-based sites offering free summer feeding locations. We directly funded an upgrade to a central Minnesota community kitchen facility serving 1,700 low-income families.