Areas of Impact

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Through the CDC Foundation’s extensive and proven experience working with cross sector partners, the Foundation will collaborate with businesses, foundations, academic institutions, associations, health systems, individuals and community organizations to engage partners around one or more of the five areas of impact.

These areas of impact to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity include:

Improve food access and affordability

Integrate nutrition and health

Empower all consumers to make and have access to healthy choices

Support physical activity for all

Enhance nutrition and food security research

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Areas of Impact

Improve food access and affordability

End hunger by making it easier for everyone—including urban, suburban, rural and Tribal communities—to access and afford food.

Integrate nutrition and health

Prioritize the role of nutrition and food security in overall health, including disease prevention and management, and ensure our health care system addresses the nutrition needs of all people.

Empower all consumers to make and have access to healthy choices

Foster environments that enable all people to easily make informed healthy choices, increase access to healthy food, encourage healthy workplace and school policies, and invest in public messaging and culturally appropriate education campaigns that resonate with specific communities.

Support physical activity for all

Make it easier for people to be more physically active (in part by ensuring everyone has access to safe places to be active), increase awareness of the benefits of physical activity, and conduct research on and measure physical activity.

Enhance nutrition and food security research

Improve nutrition metrics, data collection and research to inform nutrition and food security policy, particularly on issues of equity, access and disparities.

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A list of organizations who made commitments to the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

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Point32Health and Point32Health Foundation build on a value of service and giving to support communities across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Formed by the combination of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, the company helps people find their version of healthier living through a broad range of health plans and tools that make navigating health and wellbeing easier. Named a Civic 50 company by Points of Light in 2022 and 2023, Point32Health is nationally recognized for social responsibility. Point32Health commits to provide more than $1.5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations addressing food security, and projects an additional $200,000 through new employee matching gifts programs plus $25,000 of volunteer service time by employees. Point32Health Foundation's grantmaking supports nonprofit organizations and leadership within communities with a history of or currently experiencing disinvestment and discrimination. Foundation investments prioritize people of color, immigrants, those living with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, and rural communities. The strategy underlying this commitment positions the Foundation as a catalyst for change by supporting nonprofits working in collaboration to make fresh and nutritious food accessible and affordable today while also investing in community advocates working to improving food systems across the region for tomorrow. This approach invests in local and regional experts are leading change efforts and promoting solutions preferred by community. The commitment includes significant investments in leading advocacy organizations promoting access to fresh, local, affordable, nutritious food in each state. Key grantees include End Hunger Connecticut; Full Plates, Full Potential in Maine; Massachusetts Food System Collaborative; New Hampshire Hunger Solutions; and Rhode Island Food Policy Council. Each is working for systemic solutions to food insecurity. The commitment also includes support for organizations making fresh, healthy food accessible and affordable, including investments to expand capacity of mobile markets and other local organizations. This support for and partnership with food banks, food pantries and community-based growers and gleaners, will increase access to nutritious produce for people with limited incomes, marginalized communities and those experiencing disinvestment. The Point32Health Foundation's role is broader than grantmaking. The Foundation provides additional support to community organizations by connecting them with other potential partners; sharing lessons learned from other grantees/initiatives; extending needed supports during transitions, planning and executing on work and/or providing coaching and capacity-building support.

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