Launched in April 2017, the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) provides a 100 percent incentive – a dollar-for-dollar match – for each SNAP dollar spent on targeted fruits and vegetables purchased at farmers’ markets, farm stands, mobile markets, and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs statewide. By increasing access to locally grown fruits and vegetables for SNAP clients, the program seeks to benefit family and community health, and support farms and the local economy. The Collaborative is working on outreach, education, and fundraising for HIP, and successfully led a campaign to include $1.35 million in funding for the program in the FY18 budget.

Information on the Healthy Incentives Program:

• Program infographic (image file, for social media links)
• Background on HIP
• Logic model of the benefits of HIP
• List of HIP eligible food
• Food access and health in Massachusetts (image file, for social media links)
• Information from Farmers Market Coalition about food access
• Growth of Ethnic Groups and Food Stamps in Urban Areas of Massachusetts