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Food and Nutrition Supports and Services
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Food and Nutrition Supports and Services
Programs targeted to offer financial subsidies for food purchases, nutrition education and awareness opportunities, and home delivered and congregate meals to eligible individuals.
Program |
Description |
|---|---|
| Elder Nutritional Services | For the purpose of remediating poor diets, health problems, food insecurity, and loneliness for elders. Nutrition services include nourishing meals, nutrition screening, assessment, education, and counseling to ensure that older people achieve and maintain optimal nutritional status. |
| Emergency Food Assistance | For the purpose of providing food at no cost to low-income Massachusetts residents in need of short-term hunger relief. |
| Nutritional Assistance | For the purpose of improving the nutrition and health of targeted populations by providing access to health care, nutrition education, nutritional cash benefits, counseling, and/or nutritious foods. |
| Nutrition Education | For the purpose of providing nutrition information, programs, and tools that improve the likelihood for low income eligible individuals and families to make informed choices about active lifestyles and sound nutrition within a limited budget by modifying their eating, shopping and food preparation habits thus addressing behaviors to prevent obesity. |
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