Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill continues the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, a USDA program that helps bring grocery stores, markets, and other healthy food options to neighborhoods with poor access. It does this by offering loans, grants, and technical help to healthy food retailers and food supply chain businesses in both cities and rural areas.

It also sets steady, mandatory funding for the program: $25 million in FY2026, $30 million in FY2027, $35 million in FY2028, $40 million in FY2029, and $50 million every year starting in FY2030 and after.

• Who is affected: People living in underserved urban and rural communities; eligible food retailers and supply chain groups that provide fresh, healthy, affordable food.
• What changes: The program is reauthorized and given a clear funding schedule, with money guaranteed each year.
• When: Funding starts in FY2026 and increases each year through FY2029, then stays at $50 million per year from FY2030 onward.