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Texas SNAP benefit pause: Here’s how to receive and give help

Food assistance will be canceled in November amid the current federal government shutdown, halting benefits for 11% of Texas’ population.

The Texas Tribune

10 Charities You Can Call Right Now If You Need Food

When grocery prices rise faster than paychecks, more families find themselves wondering how to put dinner on the table. Food insecurity is quietly spreading, even...

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Meals On Wheels waiting lists grow as Texas braces for federal funding cuts

State chapters of the nonprofit group that provide meals to seniors are waiting to hear from Washington how much of a hit their battered budgets will take.

The Texas Tribune

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Family and friends shoulder the real cost of dementia − $224B in unpaid care

About 5.5 million Americans live with dementia, requiring US$53 billion in annual medical spending on doctor visits, hospitalizations, medications, home health aides and nursing homes. But the true cost of dementia care in the U.S. is far higher because it relies heavily on unpaid care from family and friends.

The Conversation

Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘Life and death implications’

Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolation

The Guardian - US

Disability advocates fight DOGE cuts

Cuts are already making it harder for people with disabilities to live in their communities

Salon

Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government

The U.S. government is attempting to dismantle itself.

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Trump Administration Rescinds Funding Freeze After Widespread Confusion

Trump administration reverses freeze on federal funding, causing confusion and legal challenges. Reversal met with relief by Democratic critics.

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Meals on Wheels seniors ‘will panic’ if Trump’s federal aid freeze sticks, spokesperson says

Following the announcement from the White House about a pause in federal funds, a spokesperson for Meals on Wheels America said uncertainty was causing ‘chaos’ for local distributors and seniors

The Independent UK

'Meals on Wheels' Driver Was Delivering Meth In Between Stops to Feed the Elderly

Deputies obtained a search warrant for the woman's home, where they reportedly found 491 grams of methamphetamine and "drug related objects."

Latin Times

We'll see a feeding frenzy long before Newcastle trains get any faster

'What bunnies we are to swallow this.'

Newcastle Herald

Nutrition programs for older adults face service cuts - Roll Call

As COVID-19 aid has cut back and grocery prices have risen, nutrition groups serving aging Americans worry about cutbacks.

Roll Call

Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms

In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, fresh food and cool air are coming from Houston community groups that have honed their disaster services in a city frequently battered by extreme weather

The Independent UK

America's hunger crisis hits seniors

About 28 million people experienced food scarcity this fall — a significant portion of whom are over 65

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Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

The Independent UK

More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors' social lives

A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy

The Conversation

'An extraordinary dynamo': Doris Taylor founded Meals on Wheels and helped elect Don Dunstan

When Doris Taylor took possession of a new motorised wheelchair in 1951, she quipped: “Heaven help any bureaucrat who gets in my way now.”

The Independent UK

Biden and McCarthy set for Oval Office showdown as US edges closer to defaulting on debt

Experts say a failure to raise the debt limit would force the government to default on its debt and precipitate a worldwide financial crisis.

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ABC News

Money-saving tips for groceries, transport and socialising as pensioners try to beat rising cost of living

Graham James, 79, grows his own vegetables, chooses carefully when grocery shopping, and recommends volunteering as an affordable and fulfilling way to socialise.

Newcastle Herald

Meals on Wheels Newcastle shares donated meals for Christmas

The organisation has partnered with Lite n' Easy.

Wales Online

The cost of the council's meals on wheels service in Rhonnda Cynon Taf could go up by 50p

The council has announced proposals to make some changes to its meals on wheels service in RCT

Tribune News Service

Doctors prescribe healthy meals to keep patients out of the hospital

Meals on Wheels had been delivering healthy meals to thousands of older adults in Portland, Oregon, for more than 50 years when a local hospital asked whether the group could cook similar meals for patients leaving the hospital after acute bouts of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses.

ABC News

Jan is missing Meals on Wheels in Shepparton, and many older Victorians are in the same boat

Older residents have been left hungry for alternatives after one third of the state's local governments ditched Meals on Wheels.

The Canberra Times

On National Meals on Wheels Day, the volunteers are celebrated

Report finds Meals on Wheels volunteers hold key to highest wellbeing in the country

Chicago Sun-Times

Inside a tense meeting with Supt. Brown and court-appointed monitor, Chef Dominique Tougne remembered and more in your Chicago news roundup

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