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Food Access in Community Health Centers Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
Introduced
Summary
Would expand food access at community health centers. It would fund competitive grants for partnerships between community health centers and emergency feeding organizations to operate on-site food locations, scheduled mobile food vehicles, or cover related procurement, storage, and distribution costs.
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- Patients and families: Patients served by community health centers would gain easier access to food through on-site sites or scheduled mobile food vans located at or near clinics.
- Community health centers: Centers could receive competitive grants to create physical food spaces, add mobile delivery vehicles, or cover operating costs tied to making food available.
- Emergency feeding operations: Food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and similar nonprofits can partner with centers as the eligible partner to apply for grants.
- Program details and oversight: Grants would be capped at $500,000 per eligible partnership. The Department of Health and Human Services would have to set up the program within one year and publish a public evaluation two years after enactment and annually after that.
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Food access at community health centers
If enacted, the bill would require the HHS Secretary to create a competitive grant program within one year. Grants would be for partnerships between a Federally Qualified Health Center and a nonprofit emergency feeding operation, like a food bank or pantry. Funded projects would cover a food-access space at or next to a health center, a scheduled food-distribution vehicle on clinic grounds, or related costs such as buying, transporting, storing, or distributing food. Each grant would be capped at $500,000, and the Secretary would publish a public evaluation two years after enactment and annually thereafter.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
DE • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/1/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 10/6/2026
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/9/2026
Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/9/2026
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 10/15/2026
Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/15/2026
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 10/22/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/22/2026
Roll Call Votes
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