SBM supports permanent federal funding for Food is Medicine to address nutrition-related chronic conditions

The Society for Behavioral Medicine supports permanent federal funding for Food is Medicine services to address nutrition-related chronic conditions. The Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers are currently serving as a temporary funding mechanism to pilot interventions aimed at improving health-related social needs, including food-related programs that support the prevention, management, and treatment of nutrition-related chronic conditions; however providing permanent funding for Food is Medicine services covered under Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers will allow states to utilize their federally set budgets to provide nutrition supports as a healthcare service. The sense of impermanency of the nutrition programs being implemented during the pilot period makes it challenging to establish effective workflow and implementation at scale.