Projects
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) works to carry out its mission through discrete, targeted projects. These projects serve to deepen our impact within CHLPI’s focus areas as staff and students take concrete action to make real change. Explore our current projects below, and find relevant resources, information about our partners, and what we’re doing to make a difference in our health and food systems.
Each year, the United States generates a huge amount of food that goes uneaten or unsold–over 80 million tons. Of that, 54 million tons of food winds up in landfills or otherwise goes to waste. In recognition of this, over the past few years, more and more states and localities have been considering and enacting policies related to food waste and food recovery. According to the Food Law and Policy Clinic’s (FLPC’s) legislative tracking, during 2021 states introduced 99 bills and passed 28 bills aiming to reduce food waste or increase food recovery. FLPC is known as a national leader in this field for our work to identify, analyze, and recommend improvements to laws and policies that impact how much food goes to waste in the U.S., including at the state and local levels.
...Access to quality health care is key to maintaining health and well-being, particularly for people living with chronic illness and disabilities (such as HIV and hepatitis C). While access to insurance is critical, even people with insurance can face cost and coverage barriers that put necessary treatment and services out of reach. The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) works with longstanding community partners to pursue national and state advocacy for legal, regulatory, and policy reforms that help strengthen available health care coverage and ensure that people can access the care they need.
...Every year, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted globally. At the same time, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 690 million people around the world suffered from hunger, and two billion people were unable to regularly access safe, nutritious, and sufficient food. During and long-before the pandemic, food donation has offered a critical and innovative solution to reduce food loss, waste, and hunger, by redirecting safe, surplus food to those who need it most. Uncertainty surrounding the laws and policies affecting food donation, however, are hindering the potential of food donation operations and undermining the contribution food banks and food recovery organizations.
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