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Davis County senior services awarded NACOA SNAP outreach grant; staff report slow start, ongoing outreach
Summary
Davis County Senior Services received a $50,000 SNAP outreach grant from the National Council on Aging and is using county meal and home visit programs to recruit older adults. Staff say the program has reached a small share of its target and faces barriers including technology, document verification and limited benefit amounts.
Candace Woodbury, dietitian for Davis County Senior Services, told the advisory board that the division received a SNAP outreach grant from the National Council on Aging and began the program November 1, 2024.
"We were awarded the SNAP grant from NACOA, National Council on Aging... November 1 is when our grant started," Woodbury said, and added the award amount was $50,000. She described the grant’s purpose as helping people age 60 and older apply for SNAP to reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition and chronic disease management.
Woodbury presented county-level figures from a benefits locator used by the grant: she said the tool indicated 23,777 eligible nonparticipants statewide and 1,749 eligible nonparticipants in Davis County. "So our overall goal has been to find the 1,749 and educate them and assist them in the SNAP application process," she said. The grant runs through April 30, 2026, and the program goal set by the grantor is 650 enrollments; Woodbury said the project was "currently at 53."
Staff described outreach built…
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