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Fairfield County Council hears plea to shore up weekend meals for seniors after program runs out of funds
Summary
The Council on Aging told the Fairfield County Council that the weekend Meals on Wheels program has exhausted funds; the agency asked the council for up to $66,000 to continue service through June and outlined a short-term plan to prioritize the most vulnerable seniors.
Angie Connor Brewer, executive director of the Fairfield County Council on Aging, told the county council on Jan. 13 that the weekend Meals on Wheels program established during the COVID pandemic has exhausted its funds and that clients were notified Jan. 17 that weekend deliveries would stop.
"The funds have simply been exhausted," Brewer said, describing the program’s origin as a community response during COVID and noting it was never intended to be funded by federal or state sources. Brewer said the agency requested $226,000 in the…
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