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Central Vermont Council on Aging highlights therapeutic-meal innovations, fundraising shortfalls
Summary
Central Vermont Council on Aging leaders told the House Human Services committee that while the area agency has developed 14 therapeutic meal types and sees no waitlist, meal sites must fundraise for roughly half of each meal'leaving a funding gap that local providers absorb.
Kim Lipinski, director of nutrition and wellness at the Central Vermont Council on Aging, told the House Human Services committee CVCOA handles intake for home-delivered meals to reduce administrative burden on senior centers and refers callers who are ineligible to congregate-meal sites for socialization.
Lipinski described a four-year effort to expand therapeutic-meal offerings. "We now have 14 different types of therapeutic meals that people can get in Central Vermont Council on Aging's meal programs," she said, and added that CVCOA…
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