The Food is Medicine Coalition’s (FIMC) Accelerator recently held an in-person training at Community Servings in Boston for five nonprofit agencies from across the country that are participating in the Year 3 cohort.
Our Year 3 Cohort is:
Treasure Coast Food Bank (Fort Pierce, FL)
Providence - A Program of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC (Winston-Salem, NC)
Central Texas Food Bank (Austin, TX)
San Antonio Food Bank (San Antonio, TX)
FISH Community Food Bank (Ellensburg, WA)
An initiative co-led by Community Servings, FIMC, God’s Love We Deliver, the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School, the FIMC Accelerator works to refine, replicate, and scale the medically tailored meal (MTM) model to ensure that people coping with food insecurity and severe illness have access to MTM, regardless of where they reside.
This was one of two multi-day, in-person trainings for the Year 3 cohort. Enrolled cohorts participate in a year of online, in-person, and web-based training on operational processes for starting their own MTM program, which includes instruction on everything from kitchen expansion to financial coaching, distribution, and compliance. Cohorts also receive policy assistance to explore state and regional contracting opportunities, as well as guidance for funding opportunities, particularly for vulnerable populations.
"The resources you shared at the onsite meeting are "fantastic," one participant shared. “The program gave us a "fire" to plan and launch our MTM programs when we return." At the end of our three days together, we heard a lot of: “This is doable! At the start it was intimidating, but after our time together, we can do this!”
Interested? Come join us. The Year 4 cohort application (2023-24) is open until May 1, 2023.
Have questions? Find our information session here or join the next live one on Feb. 15, 2023 at 1 p.m. ET by registering here.