Meals on Wheels of Texoma News
Meals On Wheels of Texoma receives $105,000 from Texas Department of Agriculture
Kathey Scott, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Texoma accepts check from Commissioner Todd Staples, Department of Agriculture
COMMISSIONER STAPLES AWARDS $9.5 MILLION TO HOME-DELIVERED MEAL PROVIDERS TO FEED HUNGRY TEXANS
• Funds to provide more meals to additional homebound Texans
• Home-delivered meals critical to the health of elderly and disabled Texans
• The grants are an investment and save tax dollars
AUSTIN – Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced today the Texas Department of Agriculture is awarding approximately $9.5 million to agencies that serve meals to homebound elderly and disabled Texans. The grants are provided through TDA’s Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program.
“Home-delivered meals are critical to the health and well-being of fellow Texans who would go hungry without this food,” Commissioner Staples said. “This funding will allow meal providers to continue their mission of fighting hunger in Texas and I am proud to support such an honorable and necessary initiative.”
The Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program was created during the 80th Legislative Session in 2007 to give supplemental funding to home-delivered meal providers. The grants, based partly on the number of meals eligible applicants served the year prior to applying, can only be used to supplement and expand existing services related to the delivery of meals.
Meals on Wheels of Texoma is receiving $105,000 for use in Cooke, Fannin and Grayson Counties. “Meals On Wheels, of Texoma is so grateful for the Texans Feeding Texans grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture,” Executive Director Kathey Scott said. “ This grant has enabled our agency to provide weekend meals to older and frail residents of Cooke, Fannin and Grayson County. This grant dramatically improves and saves lives." "By providing food to elderly residents in their own homes, we help maintain their independence, which saves Texans about $30,000 in tax dollars annually per individual served,” Commissioner Staples said. “I want to thank the legislators who approved this critical funding that enables us to assist Texans who need a helping hand.”
TDA will award almost 200 grants totaling $9.5 million to home-delivered meal providers across the state who served more than 13 million meals statewide last year. Over the three-year life of this program, TDA has awarded nearly $30 million to these organizations.
For more information on the Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program, or for a complete list of recipients, visit www.TexasAgriculture.gov and click on Grants/Funding.
All TDA press releases are also available via the Internet at www.TexasAgriculture.gov/newsroom.
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