The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) is a federally recognized Tribe with over 6,300 tribal members. For over 39 years, the Tribal Government has worked diligently to rebuild and restore the cultural, social, and economic foundations of the Tribe that were decimated over the previous century. As the population, including young families, continues to grow in the Grand Ronde community, the demand of high-quality nutritional options and first foods continue to grow.
The purpose of this program is to strengthen the food system within the Grand Ronde Reservation and the surrounding community by effectively purchasing and distributing high quality and nutritious foods to Tribal members, other AI/AN, and other historically marginalized populations that reside within the Reservation grounds and Marion and Polk County areas. We intend to accomplish this through subawarding funds with Marion- Polk Food Share. Marion-Polk Food Share will carry out the overall program by leveraging its existing infrastructure to complete the program activities, including to allocate, contract with historically marginalized producers, purchase, and distribue nutritious foods within the Grand Ronde and surrounding community. The outcomes expected from this program include reduced food insecurity among Tribal members, other AI/AN, and other historically marginalized populations within the community, increased partnerships with historically marginalized producers within the region, and an overall strengthened food allocation and distribution system through the strategic partnership with Marion Polk Food Share.
With these funds, we intend to serve at least 2,000 unique individuals through this program.