Ohio Department of Aging announces additional funding for home-delivered meals
COLUMBUS The Ohio Department of Aging announced additional funding to support Older Americans Act home-delivered meals services during the pandemic earlier this week.
On Monday, April 5, the Ohio Controlling Board approved the department’s request to invest $6.137 million received by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. These funds will be distributed to Ohio’s area agencies on aging to provide home-delivered meals to eligible older Ohioans.
“We appreciate federal enhancements to our Older Americans Act programs to support older Ohioans during the pandemic,” said Ursel J. McElroy, director of the department. “This funding comes at a critical time and will help sustain our efforts to provide nutritional food to those that need it.”
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COLUMBUS The Ohio Department of Aging announced additional funding Wednesday to support Older Americans Act home-delivered meals services during the pandemic.
On Monday, April 5, the Ohio Controlling Board approved the department’s request to invest $6.137 million received by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The funds will be distributed to Ohio’s area agencies on aging to provide home-delivered meals to eligible older Ohioans.
“We appreciate federal enhancements to our Older Americans Act programs to support older Ohioans during the pandemic,” said Ursel J. McElroy, director of the department. “This funding comes at a critical time and will help sustain our efforts to provide nutritional food to those that need it.”
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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), a national coalition of nonprofits focused on the intersection of nutrition and healthcare, respectfully offered policy recommendations related to medically tailored meals in a letter to Xavier Becerra, the new secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.
As medically tailored meal (MTMs) providers who serve people in communities across the country who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves, FIMC recognizes nutrition as a key social determinant of health and addresses health equity by rebalancing health in favor of our clients through the services we provide. Robust research shows that when MTMs are incl