The city has highest rate of senior food insecurity in the country. And while D.C. has launched several supporting programs to help seniors access healthy meals, some have fallen through the cracks.
found that 13.1 percent of the senior population in the city is food-insecure.
Caroline Casey, program manager of senior nutrition at Mary’s Center, which serves 600 seniors in D.C., said the rising cost of food is what concerns her clients the most now. “I have heard that time and time and time again,” Casey said.While Ward 3, the highest-income region of D.C., has more than a dozen grocery stores, Ward 8, where Bristow lives, has only one, a 2021Neighborhood Prosperity Fund grants through the mayor’s office has allowed D.C.
There are more than 14 government-funded programs for people who need food, but many don’t know these services exist, advocates said. “The fact that we have this problem indicates that people are not accessing all those programs that they qualify for,” said Jensen.
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