Healthy Hunger Relief
Impact Areas
Transforming the marketplaceOur food bank partners ensure that no one has to sacrifice good health during difficult times.
Millions of Americans struggle with hunger each year. Food banks and food pantries play a key role in meeting the nutritional needs of low-income children and families, who have less access to nutritious, affordable foods. While the charitable food system provides 3.6 billion meals to vulnerable individuals each year, a 2018 study by Mazon found that 900 million of those meals consist of candy, sugar-sweetened beverages, desserts, salty snacks, and other unhealthy food items. The children and families served by food banks and pantries often lack access to affordable, healthy foods, and are more likely to live with obesity and chronic diet-related conditions.
Since 2016, the Partnership for a Healthier America has recognized, elevated, and accelerated the work of food banks and large-scale food pantries across the country that are uplifting the health and well-being of their communities. This new type of partnership was created in response to PHA deepening its focus on the issues of equity and access as they relate to nutritious and healthier food.
PHA Healthy Hunger Relief partners are committed to addressing hunger, malnutrition, and chronic disease by increasing the supply of healthier options and fostering their demand. PHA’s 28 food bank partners reach more than 7 million food insecure individuals across 19 states and have increased the amount of healthy food distributed by 115 million pounds, while eliminating 19 million pounds of junk/snack food from their inventories.
19 Million pounds of low nutrition food removed from the system through PHA's food bank partnerships
Our Work
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Food Banks are Raising the Standard for Creating Standards
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PHA’s Food Assistance Partnerships: Nourishing Communities Most In-Need
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Industry Rapid Response: Arkansas Foodbank
Our Partners
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Feeding America
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San Antonio Food Bank
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Des Moines Area Religious Council
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Atlanta Community Food Bank
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Capital Area Food Bank
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Arkansas Food Bank
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Central Texas Food Bank
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Facing Hunger Food Bank
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Food Bank of Alaska
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Foodshare
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San Diego Food Bank
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Three Square Food Bank
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Connecticut Food Bank
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Foodlink, Inc.
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Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
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Second Harvest Food Bank of San Mateo/Santa Clara
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Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine
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Philabundance
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Food Bank of the Southern Tier
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Central California Food Bank
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Galveston County Food Bank
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Feeding South Florida
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Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
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Greater Chicago Food Depository
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The Food Group
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Feeding Southwest Virginia
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Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
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Maryland Food Bank
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Houston Food Bank