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Mariposa shifts North County senior meals after voucher program ends; one‑day VFW site offers frozen and congregate options

5498512 · July 15, 2025
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County officials said the COVID‑era restaurant voucher program is no longer sustainable. Mariposa's HHSA now operates a weekly Thursday congregate meal at the VFW in North County with two frozen meals to take home, and staff are evaluating transportation and other options.

County staff told the Board of Supervisors on July 15 that Mariposa's previous senior restaurant voucher program is no longer sustainable and the county has established a weekly congregate meal site at the VFW in North County while officials explore additional options.

"The restaurant program as it previously was ... was basically an open ended, allotted a certain amount of vouchers per week, and they could go to either a cafe and basically order whatever it is they wanted," Jeff Dilbeck, Deputy Director for Adult and…

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