​Recently, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the largest number of awards ever in the history of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program). The fiscal year (FY) 2020 CDFI Program and NACA Program awards reached 397 organizations in total—40 more than the number of organizations that received FY 2019 awards.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as the disruption of food intake or eating patterns because of lack of money and other resources. In 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, USDA estimates that 10.5% (13.7 million) households were food insecure at some point in time during the year (Food Security Status of U.S. Households in 2019, USDA).