Geaux Get Healthy Announces Year Three

Geaux Get Healthy, a program of HealthyBR, is issuing a request for proposals to address food insecurity for the program’s third year of operation. The program is seeking up to 20 organizations focused on education, production, and distribution of fresh and nutritious food in food deserts located throughout East Baton Rouge Parish.

Geaux Get Healthy is a coalition of organizations addressing food access, led by the Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s Healthy City Initiative, also known as HealthyBR. Grant funds are intended to support eligible nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and businesses to develop or expand programs that improve food access in food deserts throughout our community.

Applicants will be able to apply for two levels of funding. The first level of funding will allocate awards up to $100,000. The second level of funding will award up to $50,000. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by a community-based committee. Interested organizations should submit applications by 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2020.

For more information on criteria and the application process, visit healthybr.com/geauxgethealthy.

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