New Jersey Food
Security Initiative
Project Description
Led by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the New Jersey Food Security Initiative (NJFSI) is a three-year cross-sector, collaborative, community-centered effort to increase food security and good nutrition, and advance health equity in New Jersey. The Center for Nutrition & Health Impact will be leading the evaluation efforts of the initiative, which launched in fall of 2023.
About the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) improves the nutrition, health, and well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the United States through advocacy, partnerships and by advancing bold and equitable policy solutions.
About Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. The organization works to dismantle structural racism and other barriers to health. Through funding, convening, advocacy and evidence-building, they work side-by-side with communities, practitioners and institutions to achieve health equity faster and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
