The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is a program created in 2010 by the Obama administration as part of the Let's Move!
[3]: 293 [4]: 446 To address this, the program provides "financing to grocers or real estate developers seeking to open or expand stores in areas without adequate access to affordable, nutritious foods.
[6] HFFI is modeled after a similar project, the New York Fresh Food Financing Initiative (NY FFFI).
[3]: 293 [7] PA FFFI was founded in 2004, and as of 2010 had opened around 80 stores providing access to food for around 400,000 people, as well supporting approximately 4,800 related job.
[9] On February 14, 2018, House Bill 5017 was introduced by Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge to reauthorize HFFI.