2012 Hunger and Income Grant Awards

from: AARP Foundation, January 27, 2012

AARP Foundation has awarded grants totaling $3.7 million to multiple non-profit organizations through a competitive grant process. (View press release) The AARP Foundation Grants Program focuses on four impact areas: Hunger, Housing, Income and Isolation. This year, AARP Foundation awarded multiple grants in two areas: Hunger and Income. Here are lists of the grantees.

Hunger Innovation Grants Program

Organization	Location	Grant Amount
Action for Boston Community Development Project: To improve a food and nutrition education program for low-income African American and Latino older adults.	Boston	$144,935
Boston Medical Center Corporation Project: The Healthy Eating for at-Risk Older Adults (HERO) initiative addresses the barriers to good nutrition faced by formerly homeless, low-income adults 55+.	Boston	$224,873
Centro de Salud Familiar la Fe, Inc. Project: The Engaged Nutrition Action (CENA) Project will reduce food insecurity and hunger among older Mexican-Americans age 50 and over.	San Antonio, TX	$292,492
Collective Roots Garden Project, Inc. Project: Build community gardens, provide gardening and cooking courses for older adults, and certify older gardeners to sell their produce at a local farmer’s market.	East Palo Alto, CA	$90,000
First Nations Development Institute Project: Address food issues among tribal elders in four rural Native communities in Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma, by providing grants, technical assistance and training.	Longmont, CO	$187,660
Gallatin Valley Food Bank Project: Decrease food insecurity among older adults in the southwestern Montana area by enhancing accessibility, affordability, adequacy, and appropriateness of nutritional and local food resources.	Bozeman, MT	$199,239
Hidalgo Medical Services, Inc. Project: Conduct a feasibility study to explore the development of mobile or mini-markets carrying healthy, affordable food in rural, impoverished southwestern New Mexico.	Lordsburg, NM	$123,124.39
Lifelong AIDS Alliance Project: Create a mobile kit version of an in-house cooking class for older adults, and bring it to scale in 40 low-income King County, Washington housing sites.	Seattle	$279,646
Texas A&M Research Foundation Project: Empower and train promotoras (community health workers) to reduce food insecurity among Mexican-origin adults 50+ through tailored education and skill-building.	College Station, TX	$268,974
Western Mountains Alliance Project: Farm Fresh for ME Seniors will create easy access to affordable local produce, by developing three Senior Buying Clubs to place bulk orders from local farms on a new website.	Farmington, ME	$153,429