The Collaborative leads the Campaign for HIP Funding to ensure that the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP), which provides fresh, healthy, local fruits and vegetables for SNAP recipients, receives increased state funding to meet demand, operates year-round, and adds new farmers to fill gaps in program coverage.
View a map of HIP locations and legislative districts here.
November 2024: Follow the steps in this call to action to support HIP and avoid the programmatic change due to lack of funding in the fiscal year 2025 budget.
The Campaign for HIP Funding Coalition
The Campaign coalition includes more than 300 farmers, farmers markets, nonprofit agricultural and food system organizations, faith institutions, healthcare institutions, individuals with lived experience with food insecurity, and more. The Campaign coalition holds regular, virtual meetings to collectively advocate to lawmakers and to keep each other updated about the program’s on the ground operation.
Interested in getting involved to support HIP?
View our current call to action here.
Join the Campaign for HIP Funding by signing on here!
Success of the Campaign in 2024
The fiscal year 2025 budget was signed into law by Governor Healey and included almost $16 million for HIP. Unfortunately, this level of funding is not enough to ensure year-round operation, or add any new farmers to the program. The Collaborative will continue to advocate for this important funding though supplemental funding at a later point this fiscal year.
Campaign highlights
Thank you to the hundreds of Campaign members who have lent their advocacy to the HIP campaign this year as well as in years past.
Together, we have successfully advocated for $64 million for the program since 2017:
In addition to our budgetary success, the Campaign has successfully advocated:
We especially want to thank the Campaign Steering Committee; Leran Minc and Selecca Bulgar-Medina of Project Bread, Susan Murray of SEMAP, Kelly Coleman of CISA, Laura Sylvester of the Food Bank of Western Mass, Laura Smith of Lane Gardens and Oakdale Farms, Vickey Siggers of Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition, Lesley Melendez of Groundwork Lawrence, Enrique Vargas of Mill City Grows, Aiesha Washington of Action for Boston Community Development, and Liz O’Gilvie of the Springfield Food Policy Council and Gardening the Community, for their work strategizing and guiding our advocacy.
Additional Resources
The Collaborative has written a report on the history of the Campaign for HIP Funding, which can be found here.
HIP/SNAP outreach resources developed by Campaign members.
Videos and stories from HIP families and farmers, produced by the Campaign.
Media coverage of HIP’s successes and history of the program.
Information about the program from the Department of Transitional Assistance.
For more information about the campaign, please contact Becca Miller.