FOODRx By Second Harvest Heartland – An Integrated Solution Connecting Health & Food Security: An OPEN MINDS Program Profile

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Program Overview

Launched in 2016 by the Second Harvest Heartland, FOODRx is a program that integrates with health care systems to provide nutritious meals to members who experience food insecurity. The goal of the initiative is to help food insecure individuals access food in new innovative ways within the health care system, as those who experience food insecurity disproportionately experience health-related challenges.

Second Harvest Heartland was founded in 2001 as a non-profit food bank, and partners with organizations and volunteers to source, warehouse, and distribute food to children, families, and local communities in Minnesota and western . . .