Welcome to the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative

The Kansas Healthy Food Initiative (KHFI) aims to increase access to affordable, healthy food to improve the health of Kansans and the economic development of their communities.

KHFI provides loans and grants to support the growth of new or existing healthy food retail outlets in low-resource and underserved communities throughout Kansas. The program also provides technical assistance to bridge informational gaps faced by healthy food stakeholders and food retailers across the state.

The initiative is a partnership between the Kansas Health Foundation, K-State Extension’s Rural Grocery Initiative, Network Kansas, IFF, and The Food Trust.

KHFI Partners

Financing

KHFI provides loans to support projects that increase access to healthy food at the retail level in low-resource and underserved areas of Kansas. To offset the debt burden of applicants, a portion of the funding package is provided as a grant. The size of the grant is dependent on the total funding request.

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Technical Assistance Grants

KHFI offers grants to organizations and businesses planning projects to expand healthy food access at the retail level. This financial assistance is geared toward projects that are still in early concept or predevelopment stages and are not yet ready for full implementation.

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KHFI Funded Projects

The Kansas Healthy Food Initiative has funded 79 projects in 47 counties totaling $5,710,440 in loans and grants since 2018.

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KHFI Guidebook

KHFI Process

Program Materials also available in Spanish: KHFI Guía (pdf) and Gráfico de Proceso (pdf).

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