Boosts funding and access for programs helping families buy healthy fruits and vegetables.
This bill would extend and increase funding for programs that help people get healthy food, like the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) and the Produce Prescription Program. It would make it easier for communities in high-poverty areas to get grants and expand programs statewide. This means more families could get support to buy fruits and vegetables, potentially improving their health.
Today, the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) has a 50 percent federal share limit for grants, and the Produce Prescription Program is a single pilot program. GusNIP's permission to receive money ends in the government's budget year 2023. If this bill becomes law, the federal share limit for GusNIP grants could be waived in high-poverty areas, and new cooperative agreements would help scale statewide programs, with 80 percent of remaining GusNIP funds allocated for these agreements. The Produce Prescription Program would expand into two distinct grant programs with specific funding levels, and GusNIP funding would be extended through the government's budget year 2031 with increased annual money set aside.
HR 7571 · 119th Congress · February 13, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 6/10
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