Texas: Local Impact

Through our Innovation Spark Grant, we are partnering with North Texas Food Bank to go beyond emergency food relief and help break the cycle of hunger for good. This multi‑year investment supports an innovative workforce development model that combines food assistance with paid training, education, and pathways to employment—meeting immediate needs while building long‑term stability for individuals and families.

By integrating SNAP enrollment, wraparound services, and job readiness into their hunger‑relief work, North Texas Food Bank is helping participants

Through our grant to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank, we are strengthening the only frontline defense against hunger for families across El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson Counties—one of the most underserved regions in Texas. Serving a predominantly Hispanic/Latino community with some of the highest poverty rates in the state, EPFH reaches neighbors through a powerful mix of client‑choice, mobile, partner‑led, and home‑delivered food assistance.

Our funding helps ensure families can access healthy, nutritious food with dignity—whether through the Mercado‑style distribution site serving up to 1,500 people daily, mobile pantries reaching colonias and rural communities, a network of 65 partner organizations spanning nearly 10,000 square miles, or home deliveries for seniors and homebound neighbors. Together, these approaches ensure that no matter where families live or what barriers they face, they can count on consistent, reliable access to food—and a community that shows up for them.