Double Dollars: Transforming Food Accessibility Through Incentives
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SummaryThe Double Dollars partnership targets families and heads of households in order to improve the well-being of Philadelphia communities and create lasting connections between healthy food and hungry stomachs. Partners in the Double Dollars initiative include Fair Food, Wholesome Wave Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
At United Way’s second annual Strategic Partnership Conference: Creating Innovation and Impact Through Partnership, Double Dollars was awarded a prize of $2,500 for their existing operation, which provides incentives for healthy food purchases to low-income populations in Philadelphia. Read about the Strategic Partnership Conference here.
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