Lead Organization: Community Food Bank of Central Alabama (Birmingham)

Key Staff:

• Jules Bailey, Healthy Food Access Coordinator

Total Sites: 10

• 10 direct & farmers markets

USDA FINI Award: Supported through Fair Food Network's 2018 FINI Award

About: Double Up is active at nine farmers and direct markets and one grocery store in Alabama with plans to expand statewide in the coming years thanks to a 2018 FINI award. Current work is focused on integrating incentives with an online SNAP purchasing pilot and supporting a nascent farmers market network. Current communities served include the Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Opelika areas. Partners include the Food Bank of North Alabama, Jefferson County Department of Health via the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, North Mobile County Food Park and Market, Alabama AARP, the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, Wright’s Market, and the East Alabama Medical Center.

Lead Organization: Pinnacle Prevention (Chandler / Phoenix)

Key Staff:

• Kathleen Carlson, Director of Community Strategies
• Jessie Gruner, Director of Community Innovations
• Adrienne Udarbe, Executive Director
• Kelley Villa, Farm to Fork Programs Manager

Total Sites: 47

• 43 direct & farmers markets
• 4 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $777,659 (2016); $1,946,100 (2018)

State Funding:

SB1245 ($400,000); one-time funding through FY 2019

About: Double Up launched at farmers markets in Arizona in 2016 supported by a FINI award. In 2018, partners secured a second FINI award to expand Double Up to more farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets, and CSA sites as well as select grocery stores across the state. The program will reach an estimated 50,000 SNAP recipients including families in underserved communities near the Mexico border as well as the Tohono O’odham, Hopi, and Navajo Nation American Indian communities. More than 18 percent of the state’s population lives at or below the federal poverty line. This project is made possible through the collaborative work of more than 20 different funding and program partners who contributed both FINI matching funds and in-kind donations.

Lead Organization: Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (Greenbrier)

Key Staff:

• Jeremy Adams, Program Manager
• Katrina Betancourt, President
• Ashleigh Story, Health Education Coordinator

Total Sites: 36

• 24 direct & farmers markets
• 12 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $260,000 (2016); $1,338,272 (2018)

About: In 2016, Arkansas received a $94,000 FINI award to launch a one-year Double Up pilot at 18 farmers markets across the state. Arkansas has the highest adult obesity rate in the nation and participating markets targeted places of greatest need in the state including StrikeForce counties, areas with lowest life expectancy, high poverty rates, and designated food deserts. In addition to work at farmers markets, partners led a one-month Double Up grocery pilot at Harp's, a regional Arkansas-based grocery chain. During the four-week pilot, the store's total Double Up-eligible produce sales were up 50 percent. In 2018, Arkansas received a $500,000 four-year FINI grant to expand Double Up Food Bucks through 2021, including to more locations in the Delta region. In 2018, Double Up was active at 29 locations across 21 counties including farmers and direct markets, seven Harp’s grocery locations, and a new mobile market in partnership with county health sites. Double up continued to expand in 2019, with 35 locations participating, across 31 counties. This season added a new grocery partner, with Hay’s Grocery, bringing Double up to 4 new communites. The project is made possible by a coalition of state partners including Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, Arkansas Department of Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health, the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, and the Arkansas Farmers Market Association

Lead Organization: SPUR (San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association)

Key Staff:

• Diego Ortiz, Food & Agriculture Program Coordinator
• Eli Zigas, Food & Agriculture Policy Director

Total Sites: 9

• 9 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $616,262 (2016); $1,247,264 (2018)

State Funding:

AB-1811 ($9 Million)

To execute upgrades to EBT system; will grant to 3 nonprofits to pilot and test the technology. Funded through 1/1/2022.

About: In February 2017, SPUR and a coalition of partners launched Double Up Food Bucks in Santa Clara County, where one in 10 adults say their family is food insecure. As of August 2018, the program is now operating at five grocery stores in San Jose and Gilroy with plans to expand in Santa Clara County as well as into to Alameda County in the coming year, thanks to a 2018 FINI award. This project is made possible by a collaboration between multiple funding and program partners including FIRST 5 Santa Clara County, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. Matching contributions bringing local support to more than $450,000.

Lead Organization: LiveWell Colorado (Denver)

Key Staff:

• Amy Nelms, Food Access Manager
• Wendy Moschetti, Director of Food Systems

Total Sites: 82

• 62 direct & farmers markets
• 20 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $1,000,008 (2016); $988,402 (2018); Supported through Fair Food Network’s 2017 FINI Award

State Funding:

$200,000; funded through FY 2019; passed as part of Joint Budget Committee's budget

About: A statewide coalition of 50+ partners received more than $497,000 in 2016 FINI funding to launch Double Up Food Bucks statewide. In 2017, LiveWell Colorado received additional FINI funding in partnership with Fair Food Network to expand Double Up into Lowe’s grocery stores and launch mobile processing technology at select farmers markets and grocery stores. LiveWell Colorado received a 2018 FINI award to support an expansion of the program in corner stores and increase connections among local farmers and retail partners. This year, Double Up Colorado will be active at a total of 96 sites, including 45 farmers markets and other retail outlets such as corner stores, grocers, CSAs, and urban farm stands. Double Up Colorado is a public-private partnership led by LiveWell Colorado with strong support from Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Farmers Market Association, Cooking Matters-Colorado, Boulder County Public Health, among others.

Lead Organization: Sustainable Molokai (Molokai)

Key Staff:

• Harmonee Williams, Director of Food Sovereignty Program

Total Sites: 2

• 2 direct & farmers markets

USDA FINI Award: $99,963 (2018)

About: “Double Bux,” was launched in September 2018 by Sustainable Molokai, and implemented through their Mobile Market. Shoppers can place online orders of Maui County-grown produce for pick-up at weekly neighborhood delivery locations, or they can shop at these sites, which also offer pop-up markets.

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Lead Organization: The Food Basket (Hawaii)

Key Staff:

• Kristin Frost Albrecht, Executive Director
• Chelsea Takahashi, SNAP Incentives Coordinator

Total Sites: 12

• 5 direct & farmers markets
• 7 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $1,000,000 (2017)

State Funding: SB390 introduced for FY 2020 budget

About: “DA BUX Double Up Food Bucks” was initiated by The Food Basket-Hawai‘i Island’s Food Bank in August 2017. DA BUX is available island-wide, including in five of the island’s USDA-designated food deserts. It is also integrated across diverse retail settings including the locally-owned supermarket chain KTA Super Stores, and The Food Basket’s community-supported agriculture (CSA) and mobile market projects.

Lead Organization: Idaho Farmers Market Association (Boise)

Key Staff:

• Denise Dixon, Program Coordinator

Total Sites: 15

• 15 direct & farmers markets

About: In 2016, the Idaho Farmers Market Association launched Double Up Food Bucks at 12 farmers markets throughout the state reaching one in nine food stamp participants. The program will expand in 2018 to include the Boise Food Co-op as a retail partner. Key partners include Eat Smart Idaho, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Food Stamp Program, the Idaho Physical Activity Network, and the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force.

Lead Organization: Iowa Healthiest State Initiative (Des Moines)

Key Staff:

• Aryn McLaren, Director of Programs

Total Sites:

• direct & farmers markets
• grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $199,174 (2017); $960,088 (2018)

About: Double Up Food Bucks began in six Iowa farmers markets in 2016 and is now active at 37 sites including farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets and grocery stores. To date, the program has resulted in nearly $525,000 worth of fresh fruits and vegetables has purchased by Double Up Food Bucks customers. From recent program evaluation, 94 percent of SNAP shoppers reported eating more fruits and vegetables and 74 percent of farmers reported making more money because of Double Up. In 2018, the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative and local partners received a three-year FINI award for $480,044 to support the growth of the Double Up Food Bucks program in the retail setting.

Lead Organization: Mid-America Regional Council (Kansas City); combined with Missouri to create Double Up Heartland program

Key Staff:

• Donna Martin, Senior Public Health Planner
• Lauren Schaumburg, Program Coordinator (Fair Food Network)

Total Sites: 39

• 27 direct & farmers markets
• 12 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $5,800,000 (2016)

About: Kansas and Missouri received a 2016 $2.9 million FINI award to expand Double Up Food Bucks in the first bi-state effort, uniting previous programs across both states. Matching funds from private and local public funders bring total support to $5.8 million. In 2019, Double Up is at 28 grocery stores and 61 farmers markets, attempting to reach more than 165,000 SNAP recipients across urban and rural communities. This bi-state program is made possible by more than 20 funding and program partners. In year three program evaluation, 61 percent of Double Up customers reported being able to afford more fruits and vegetables because of the program, addressing both food insecurity and improved nutrition. Area farmers are also benefiting, with 63 percent reporting they have new customers, 53 percent are making more money because of Double Up, and 60 percent reporting that the market is stronger because of the program. From shoppers to market managers and participating farmers, all reported they would recommend Double Up to others. Core project partners include Mid-America Regional Council, Cultivate KC, East West Gateway, University of Kansas Medical Center, and West Central Missouri Community Action Agency.

Lead Organization: City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Food Access

Key Staff:

• Stephanie Voltaire, Project Manager

Total Sites: 8

• 8 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: Supported through Fair Food Network's 2018 FINI Award

State Funding: funded $3,500,000 through FY 2019 for HIP program

About: Fair Food Network and the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Food Access (OFA) launched Double Up Food Bucks in neighborhood corner stores and non-profit retail stores in August of 2018. Following the first year, we are excited to share that three stores will continue on the program for a second year. We anticipate growing the program to include three new stores by the end of year two. During the summer of 2019, the OFA has supported store's ability to procure and sell local produce from urban growers at The Food Project.

Lead Organization: Fair Food Network (Ann Arbor / Detroit)

Key Staff:

• Kellie Boyd, Program Director
• Emily Case, Technology Manager
• Angela Hojnacki, Outreach & Engagement Manager
• Annie Shapiro, Policy Manager
• Charles Walker, Retail Specialist
• Sara Elbohy, Information Manager
• Michigan Farmers Market Association staff
  • Joe Lesausky, Food Access Manager
  • Amanda Shreve, Executive Director

Total Sites: 237

• 148 direct & farmers markets
• 89 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $10,454,313 (2016); $8,740,000 (2017); $3,159,515 (2018)

State Funding:

• $1.5 million in supplemental funding for FY 2017
• $1.44 million for incentives in the city of Flint

Lead Organization: Jackson Medical Mall Foundation

Key Staff:

• Erin Smith

Total Sites: Coming Soon

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Lead Organization: Mid-America Regional Council (Kansas City); combined with Kansas to create Double Up Heartland program

Key Staff:

• Donna Martin, Senior Public Health Planner
• Brian DeSmet, Program Manager (Fair Food Network)

Total Sites: 56

• 41 direct & farmers markets
• 15 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $5,800,000 (2016)

About: Kansas and Missouri received a 2016 $2.9 million FINI award to expand Double Up Food Bucks in the first bi-state effort, uniting previous programs across both states. Matching funds from private and local public funders bring total support to $5.8 million. In 2019, Double Up is at 28 grocery stores and 61 farmers markets, attempting to reach more than 165,000 SNAP recipients across urban and rural communities. This bi-state program is made possible by more than 20 funding and program partners. In year three program evaluation, 61 percent of Double Up customers reported being able to afford more fruits and vegetables because of the program, addressing both food insecurity and improved nutrition. Area farmers are also benefiting, with 63 percent reporting they have new customers, 53 percent are making more money because of Double Up, and 60 percent reporting that the market is stronger because of the program. From shoppers to market managers and participating farmers, all reported they would recommend Double Up to others. Core project partners include Mid-America Regional Council, Cultivate KC, East West Gateway, University of Kansas Medical Center, and West Central Missouri Community Action Agency.

Lead Organization: University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension (Lincoln)

Key Staff:

• Vanessa Wielenga, Assistant Extension Educator (Statewide Coordinator)
• Kristen Houska, Extension Educator (Lancaster County Coordinator)
• Carrie Schneider-Miller, Extension Educator (Douglas County Coordinator)

Total Sites: 11

• 8 direct & farmers markets
• 3 grocery stores

About: Fair Food Network is supporting Nebraska partners as they implement an incentive program leveraging existing local health collaboratives. Today Double Up is active in ten sites across three communities, up from four sites in one community during the 2017 pilot. This includes five farmers markets, one mobile market, a CSA match program, and three grocery stores across the capital city of Lincoln and North and South neighborhoods of Omaha. Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture are leading the collaboration with Children's Hospital & Medical Center and CHI Health leading the diverse funding group. Help from the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association has been instrumental as well as the major involvement of SNAP-Ed funded educators. Local non-profits, health foundations, health departments, community foundations and service organizations provide funding, outreach, and consultation to ensure Double Up Nebraska is successful and sustainable. A huge thank you to the leadership and staff at the participating locations for bringing this program to life and prioritizing such important work.

Lead Organization: Together We Can / Vegas Roots

Key Staff:

• Jackie Almes, Director of Double Up Food Bucks
• Roz Brooks
• Tameka Henry, Assistant

Total Sites: 12

• 6 direct & farmers markets
• 6 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $500,000 (2017)

About: Partners in Nevada received a $500,000 FINI grant in 2017 to launch Double Up Food Bucks at eight farmers markets and two grocery stores in urban Clark and rural Lincoln county. Additional matching funds for this two-year project were provided by Three Square Food Bank, the Nevada Cooperative Extension, and the Southern Nevada Health District bringing project total to $1,000,000.

Lead Organization: Fair Food Network

Key Staff:

• Liz Alpern, Program Manager

Total Sites: 14

• 14 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: Supported through Fair Food Network’s 2018 FINI Award

About: Double Up New Hampshire is managed by Fair Food Network with support from local partners including Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE), a retailer-owned cooperative grocery wholesaler based in New Hampshire; The Hanover Coops, whose three coops offer Double Up; and UNH Cooperative Extension in conjunction with the NH Food Bank, whose network of educators lead community outreach for the program using educational activities and in-store events. Double Up New Hampshire is active in fourteen independently-owned rural grocery stores throughout the state, thanks to a 2018 FINI award. As a direct result of Double Up, participating grocery stores are increasing their supply of produce grown in New Hampshire and greater New England. Support for Double Up New Hampshire is provided by a coalition of local funders including New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation, the Samuel P. Pardoe Foundation, NH Charitable Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Health Foundation, Jane’s Trust and “You Have Our Trust” Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation.

Lead Organization: Fair Food Network

Key Staff:

• Liz Alpern, Program Manager

Total Sites: 4

• 4 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: Supported through Fair Food Network’s 2018 FINI Award

About: Double Up NJ is active in four large Shoprite supermarkets in the Newark, NJ area, thanks to a 2018 FINI award. The program is run in conjunction with Wakefern Food Corporation, a company that prioritizes purchasing Jersey-grown produce. In addition to receiving support from USDA, Double Up NJ is supported by a coalition of funders including The Victoria Foundation, The Healthcare Foundation of NJ and the Community Foundation of NJ.

Lead Organization: New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association (Santa Fe)

Key Staff:

• Sarah Lucero, Double Up Project Specialist
• Denise Miller, Executive Director

Total Sites: 77

• 66 direct & farmers markets
• 11 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $200,000 (2015); $2,400,000 (2017)

State Funding: $390,000 annually 2015 - 2019

About: Building on a successful 2015 FINI-funded pilot project, New Mexico received $2.1 million in federal funding in 2016 and annual matching state support to expand Double Up Food Bucks statewide. Double Up grew from an initial 34 farmers markets in 2015 to 80 sites in 2016 including grocery stores, farmers markets, mobile markets, and farm stands. In 2018, Double Up continued to expand and included 84 locations including 43 farmers markets, 13 grocery stores, 7 farm stands, mobile markets and one CSA. More than 977 farmers and 25,000 low-income customers across the state benefit from the program annually. In 2018, low-income shoppers spent over $1 million in combined SNAP and Double Up, up from $354,000 in 2015. These are dollars benefiting New Mexico farmers and stimulating more than $5.7 million in the New Mexico economy over the course of the program. The 2019 season brings on even more local outlets to help reach more SNAP customers.

Lead Organization: Field and Fork Network (Buffalo)

Key Staff:

• Lisa French, Co-founder and Executive Director
• Frances McGuire, Program Coordinator

Total Sites: 41

• 36 direct & farmers markets
• 5 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $1,200,000 (2016); Supported through Fair Food Network’s 2017 FINI Award

About: Western New York is operating its Double Up Food Bucks program in 22 farmers markets, three mobile markets, two farm stands, and two new healthy corner stores in 2019. Lead organization Field & Fork Network received more than $394,000 in 2016 federal funding to support this operation. Matching funds bring total support to more than $1.2 million. Double Up will serve up to 30,000 residents across 11 counties in Western New York. This includes Buffalo, Rochester, and the Niagara Falls area, all of which far surpass the New York state average of 15.3% of the population living below the poverty line, ranking at 30.7, 32.9, and 24.9 percent respectively. This region is also known for its rich agricultural production including more than 8,800 mostly small-scale farms. In 2017, Field & Fork Network received additional FINI funding in partnership with Fair Food Network and Colorado's LiveWell. With this funding, Field & Fork Network has introduced e-incentive technology at farmers markets and healthy corner stores and will be expanding Double Up to grocery stores in Western New York over the next few years. The program’s footprint grew in 2018 and 2019 to include farmers markets in four additional counties in Northeast New York, including Clinton, Columbia, St. Lawrence, and Tompkins counties with plans to pilot Double Up in two co-op markets in Buffalo later in 2019.

Lead Organization: MountainWise (Franklin)

Key Staff:

• Abby Holmes, Regional Health Promotion Specialist
• Nan Kramer, Community Health Coordinator

Total Sites: 5

• 2 direct & farmers markets
• 3 grocery stores

About: Fair Food Network is supporting local North Carolina partners in launching incentive programming in Western North Carolina. Local funds were secured to launch a Double Up pilot in 2017 at two grocery sites in Asheville, North Carolina, and the program has now expanded to additional sites in Western North Carolina. This is a collective effort with more than a dozen local partners contributing to the planning and implementation, with key support from Bountiful Cities, the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council, and MountainWise. Local partners in Boone, led by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, also launched Double Up at Watauga County farmers markets in 2018.

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Lead Organization: Hunger Free Oklahoma (Tulsa)

Key Staff:

• Chris Bernard
• Michelle Brobston
• Richard Comeau
• Katie Maxey

Total Sites: 13

• 13 direct & farmers markets

USDA FINI Award: $962,382 (2016)

About: Oklahoma is expanding an existing Double Up Food Bucks program to 10 farmers markets and a mobile market in 2018 with support from $481,100 in 2016 FINI funding. Matching funds bring total support to more than $962,300. This expansion will reach 280,000 SNAP participants in a state with a high household poverty rate and some of the worst health outcomes in the country including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, all of which are contributable to poor nutrition. Participating markets include sites in Tulsa, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Norman, and Oklahoma City. Of the nine sites, five are rural markets located in the Cherokee and Creek tribal nations, which face high rates of poverty and food insecurity.

Lead Organization: Farmers Market Fund (Portland)

Key Staff:

• Molly Notarianni, Program Director
• Trudy Toliver, Executive Director

Total Sites: 13

• 13 direct & farmers markets

USDA FINI Award: $1,436,124 (2015)

State Funding: SB727 introduced in 2019; funds $3,000,000 over 2 years for incentives program

About: In 2015, a coalition of more than 15 community and statewide partners led by the Farmers Market Fund joined forces to launch Double Up Food Bucks at 53 farmers markets in 16 counties across Oregons. Local partners received nearly $500,000 in a FINI award to support this expansion. With matching funds, the total project budget over three years was $1.6 million.

After a successful implementation its initial FINI-funded expansion, in 2019 the Farmers Market Fund led a coalition who successfully secured a $1.5 million appropriation from the Oregon state legislature. These funds will support the expansion of DUFB to farmers markets and farm share sites across Oregon, as well as the state's first DUFB grocery pilot program from 2020-2021.

Lead Organization: South Dakota State University; working in both North and South Dakota

Key Staff:

• Jennifer Folliard, Family and Community Health Field Specialist, (South Dakota State University)
• Jan Stankiewicz, Community Health & Nutrition Specialist (North Dakota State University)
• Suzanne Stluka, Food & Families Program Director (South Dakota State University)

Total Sites: 6

• 2 direct & farmers markets
• 4 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: $82,223 (2018)

About: Local partners in South Dakota and North Dakota are working with Fair Food Network to bring Double Up Food Bucks to grocery stores and farmers markets in tribal communities on the Standing Rock, Yankton Sioux, and Turtle Mountain American Indian Reservations. In 2018, South Dakota State University Extension alongside North Dakota State University Extension will launch the program with support from a 2018 USDA FINI award. This pilot will serve as a model that can be replicated in other American Indian communities in both states to serve even more low-income families and local producers.

Lead Organization: Nourish Knoxville

Key Staff:

• Charlotte Tolley, Executive Director

Total Sites: 3

• 3 direct & farmers markets

About: Fair Food Network is supporting Nourish Knoxville to provide Double Up at three Knox County farmers markets in Eastern Tennessee. Local funds were secured to operate the program, building off of a previous USDA FINI grant.

Houston

Lead Organization: Urban Harvest (Houston)

Key Staff:

• Taylor Kaminsky, SNAP Program Coordinator

Total Sites: 12

• 12 direct & farmers markets

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Austin

Lead Organization: Sustainable Food Center (Austin)

Key Staff:

• Hilda Gutierrez, Food Access Director
• Alex Mace, Food Access Manager

Total Sites: 18

• 18 direct & farmers markets

About: Sustainable Food Center has led food access efforts as the contracting entity for the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program for Central Texas since 1999. In 2012, with the support of Wholesome Wave, they created Double Dollars and began to process SNAP and WIC payments at their markets. SFC received a 5-year appropriation from the City of Austin in 2015 to expand Double Dollars at direct to consumer markets across Travis County. They leveraged those funds to apply for, and receive, a two year GusNIP grant in 2019, in partnership with Urban Harvest. At the same time, SFC transitioned to Double Up Food Bucks in an effort to build momentum across the state and align nutrition incentive work for greater collective impact.

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Texas Panhandle & South Plains

Lead Organization: Texas Hunger Initiative

Key Staff:

• Nichole Garcia, Program Coordinator
• Heather Martinez, Baylor University

Total Sites: 14

• 11 direct & farmers markets
• 3 grocery stores

USDA FINI Award: Supported through Fair Food Network’s 2017 FINI Award

About: Local partners in the Panhandle and South Plains, led by Texas Hunger Initiative regional staff, piloted Double Up at area farmers markets in Lubbock, Plainview, and Amarillo in 2017 and are expanding the program to additional area farmers markets and 8-10 Lowe’s Market grocery stores in rural communities, beginning with locations in Littlefield and Dimmit. This work is supported by a 2018 USDA FINI award to Fair Food Network.

Lead Organization: Utah Department of Health, Urban Food Connections of Utah (Salt Lake City)

Key Staff:

• Brad Belnap, Program Manager
• Natalie Loots, Program Evaluator / Epidemiologist

Total Sites: 26

• 26 direct & farmers markets

USDA FINI Award: $497,406 (2015)

State Funding: SB5; $400,000 annually for produce incentives and Rx programs; passed in 2019

About: Utah received $247,000 in 2015 federal funding to bring Double Up Food Bucks to 21 farmers markets across ten counties. By 2017, the program expanded 25 farmers markets and farm stands in 11 of 13 counties which include about 90 percent of Utah’s SNAP households. In the first three seasons, SNAP shoppers spent over $290,000 in SNAP and Double Up combined. 80 percent of surveyed shoppers reported eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and eating a greater variety. Significant majorities of surveyed farmers reported making more money (76 percent) and selling more fruits and vegetables (71 percent) because of Double Up. After three years of leadership under Utahns Against Hunger, Double Up transitions to a program in Utah Produce Incentive Collaborative, a public, private and non-profit partnership lead by the Utah Department of Health.

Lead Organization: Wyoming Thought for Food Project (Casper)

Key Staff:

• Cassandra Baker, Associate Director

Total Sites: 1

• 1 direct & farmers market

Wyoming: Wyoming Food for Thought Project is a leading organization to implement and assist other markets with accepting Double Up Food Bucks in Wyoming. There is a high demand for local produce in our community, which is now made available to everyone, especially our friends and neighbors who need it most, thanks to Double Up Food Bucks. We feel honored to provide this great program, and even more so, that we get to help other markets in our state provide it to their communities.