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Double Up Food Bucks Will Support the Health of Michiganders by Bringing an Additional $3.75M in Fruits and Vegetables to the Tables of Michigan Families Across the Two Years of This Grant. at Least 75% of Our Total Guscrr Budget Will Be Used as Direct Incentives for Low-income Households to Purchase Fruits and Vegetables. Further, With These Funds Double Up in Michigan Will Continue to Meet Every Priority of the Gusnip Program.prior to COVID-19, We Were on Target to Meet Our Original Gusnip Expansion Goals, But Pandemic-related Increases Meant That Expanding Was No Longer Financially Possible. With These Funds, We Will Be Able to Continue Our Planned Expansion and Meet the Covid-induced Needs in Both Existing and Expanded Footprints. to This End, Our Guscrr Goals and Objectives Are to: (1) Meet the Increased Demand for Double Up Incentives Across Existing Sites by Continuing COVID-19 Program Shifts and Keeping Pace With Pandemic-driven Incentive Spending; (2) Bring Incentives to Families Across Michigan by Launching Sites in Areas Currently Unserved by Double Up; and (3) Increase the Reach and Availability of Double Up to More Families in Areas of the State Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Health and Economic Fall-out.this Will Result In:• 190,000 More Low-income Households Participating in Double Up.• at Least One Double Up Site(s) Operating in Each of the 16 Counties Without Any Sites.• an Additional 20-30 Double Up Sites Launching in High-need, Underserved Areas.• Meijer, Inc. Offering Double Up Food Bucks in High-need, Underserved Area(s).