Healthy food financing initiative

7 U.S. Code § 6953. Healthy food financing initiative

(a) Purpose
The purpose of this section is to enhance the authorities of the Secretary to support efforts to provide access to healthy food by establishing an initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible fresh, healthy food retailers and enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.
(b) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Community development financial institution
The term “community development financial institution” has the meaning given the term in section 4702 of title 12.
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