Food Security

Public Policy Associates produces high-quality, independent reports that offer analysis and insight to clients and their stakeholders. Here is a sampling:

Supporting Child Care Businesses While Advancing Nutrition

Topic Area: Early Childhood, Food and Nutition, Public Health Client Type: Grant Service Type: Interviews, Literature Review, Roundtables, Secondary Data Analysis Document Type: Report Date: May, 2026Tags: 1837 Partners, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Families, Food Access, Food Assistance, Food Security, Health, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, MiLEAP

Child and Adult Care Food Program

Topic Area: Food and Nutition, Public Health Client Type: Foundation, Nonprofit Service Type: Literature Review Document Type: Literature Review Partner(s): Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the Early Childhood Investment Corporation and 1837 PartnersDate: April, 2025Tags: Child Care, Food Access, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Health, Inequality

Upper Peninsula Food As Medicine: Final Pilot Results Summary

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Nonprofit Service Type: Research Document Type: Summary Partner(s): Upper Peninsula Commission for Area ProgressTags: Food Access, Food as Medicine, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Interviews, Survey

Year 1 Results Summary: Upper Peninsula Food As Medicine

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Nonprofit Service Type: Program Evaluation Document Type: Summary Partner(s): Upper Peninsula Commission for Area ProgressDate: October, 2023Tags: Food Access, Food as Medicine, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Health, Interviews, Outcome Evaluation, Process Evaluation, Survey

Feeding Michigan’s Future: Two Issue Briefs

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Nonprofit Service Type: Program Evaluation, Research Document Type: Brief Date: February, 2026Tags: 1837 Partners, CACFP, Child and Adult Food Program, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Interviews, MDE, Michigan After School Partnership, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Out-of-School time, Roundtables, USDA

Saginaw Food Access Study

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Local Government Service Type: Landscape Scan, Research Document Type: Presentation, Report, Summary Partner(s): City of Saginaw, GuidehouseDate: January, 2024Tags: Food Access, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Government, Landscape Scan, Survey

Decision Guide: Designing a “Food Is Medicine” Program To Pilot In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Nonprofit Service Type: Consulting Document Type: Guide Partner(s): Feeding America West MichiganDate: November, 2023Tags: Food Access, Food as Medicine, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Health, Interviews, Survey