Request for Proposals - Community Grants Program

The Phoenix Food Hub and Greater Lynn Senior Services are offering community organizations the opportunity to apply for funding that supports promoting healthy nutrition and the reduction of food insecurity in Lynn. This funding will support community initiatives that:

1. meet a specific and demonstrated need.
2. serve populations that are typically harder to reach.
3. strengthen collaboration across the PFH network.

The deadline to apply is 5 pm on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

If you have questions, please contact Andrew Wallace, Community Grants Administrator, by phone 781-599-0110 ext. 6702 or email awallace@glss.net.

Please use these links to download grant materials:
Public Notice
General Instructions
Grant Proposal/Application Form

Please click the link to fill out a referral form for:

• Phoenix Food Hub Referral Form

Phone-in hours:
Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Walk-in hours:
Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Phoenix Food Hub is located at:
8 Silsbee Street, Lynn, MA 01901

Phone: 781-599-0110
Email: phoenix@glss.net

For organizations that serve people in need of nutrition and related supports.

Phoenix Food Hub welcomes referrals from other local agencies whose consumers would benefit from not only nutrition counseling but also other supports related to the social determinants of health.

To make a referral, please complete a Phoenix Food Hub Referral Form to initiate the referral process.

• A Phoenix Patient Navigator will receive your form request and will facilitate your referral.
• A Phoenix nurse and nutritionist will assess, counsel, and monitor consumers referred to the Phoenix Food Hub.
• Community Health Worker(s) will assist consumers in effectively accessing and preparing healthy foods as well as managing special diets.
• Referred consumers are eligible for: classes/workshops on healthy eating and food prep; food distribution; and access to other wraparound supports (mobility counseling, stress management counseling, etc.).

Phoenix Food Hub consumer services include:

• Nutrition screening, nutrition counseling, and nutrition education (one-to-one and workshops), and tracking of appropriate clinical indicators
• Food distribution events and short-term meal delivery programs for consumers who may be ineligible for Meals on Wheels
• Healthy cooking classes
• Supports for getting to markets, reading labels, planning menus, and managing special diet requirements
• SNAP, HIP, WIC, and other nutrition-related benefits information sharing
• The Food and Thought program which, as a part of overall nutrition counseling, helps consumers identify—and benefit from—the key connections between nutrition/diet and mood. This aspect of “food as medicine’ is a very promising practice integrating nutrition and behavioral health.
• Wrap-around service supports including counseling related to housing advocacy, mobility, stress management, financial management, and more
• Data systems that will capture both social determinant of health indicators as well as clinical indicators, correlating these appropriately, and clearly identifying how Phoenix Food Hub and its programs are improving overall community health and lowering health care costs
• Access to print outs of nutrition resources including places to get free groceries.
• Access to an on-site food pantry funded and operated by Catholic Charities

GLSS and the Phoenix Food Hub maintain a database of nutrition resources that is available through a log in for providers to share printed resources with their consumers. For access to the nutrition resources database please contact a Phoenix Navigator.