Table 1.

Selected activities to improve access to locally grown, affordable foods and beverages in American Indian and Alaska Native communities

Activity	Description
Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) Healthy, Active Native Communities (HANC) Mini-Awards https://www.aaip.org/programs/capacity-building-assistance/healthy-active-native-communities-hanc/	Provides on-line resources, as well as calls for grant proposals from Tribal Health Departments and American Indian and Alaska Native non-governmental key players in the public health workforce aiming to adapt and implement the CDC Winnable Strategies' to engage their communities in improving health using environmental, systematic, and/or policy change.
Supported by the CDC Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support
CDC: A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/oppCDC-RFA-DP14-1421PPHF14-cfda93.762-cidNCCDPHP-NR-instructions.pdf	Building on and growing from lessons learned from a variety of its funding mechanisms and technical assistance supporting work in tribal communities, this funding mechanism supports 22 new grants providing tribes and villages with support to work on strategies including improving access to healthy foods.
Financed by the Prevention and Public Health Funding
First Nations Development Institute Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative http://www.firstnations.org/programs/foods-health	Through a variety of past and current projects, First Nations Development Institute has focused on improving access to healthy foods among Native American children and families including grant making and trainings.
Partners and funding sources include AARP Foundation, The Christensen Fund, CHS Foundation, US Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach, US Department of Agriculture Rural Development, Walmart Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Healthy Native North Carolinians Network (HNNC) http://americanindianhealthyeating.unc.edu/healthy-nativenorth-carolinians-2/	Expanding from partnerships formed during the American Indian Healthy Eating Project started in 2008. Continues to grow and work collaboratively to facilitate sustainable community changes around active living and healthy eating within American Indian tribes and urban Indian organizations in North Carolina. Healthy eating strategies used include: community gardens, farmers' markets, healthier concession stand offerings, and various nutrition-related educational and promotional activities including tribal cookbooks.
Funding sources include Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health
Let's Move! in Indian Country http://lmic.ihs.gov/	Recognizes the unique needs and potential of tribal governments and urban Indian organizations to address obesity among Native youth. Various Let's Move! in Indian Country partners offer relevant grant making opportunities, resources and technical assistance. Tribal communities can also leverage resources and tools from other Let's Move! sub-initiatives working on improving access to healthier foods such as Let's Move! Salad Bards to Schools.
Federal partners include the White House, Executive Office of the President, US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Interior, US Department of Education, Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps, and US Department of Agriculture
MoGro Mobile Grocery http://www.mogro.net/	Using a temperature-controlled truck, MoGro provides healthy, affordable food to Pueblo communities lacking access due to remote location, transportation, and/or cost.
Partners and funding sources include the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Notah Begay III Foundation, La Montanita Coop, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Newman's Own Foundation, and US Department of Agriculture
Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3) http://www.nb3foundation.org/	Work to build a national framework designed to reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes among Native youth. The NB3 Foundation offers a variety of programs and initiatives including its Native Strong initiative that uses grant making, capacity building, research, and advocacy.
Partners and funding sources include The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Nike N7 Fund, and Walmart Foundation
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program http://nifa.usda.gov/fundingopportunity/community-foodprojects-competitive-grantsprogram-cfpcgp	An example of an USDA funding mechanism that has been and could be utilized to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of community food projects working with tribal communities to improve access to healthy, affordable foods.