Advocacy Needed to Protect Meals on Wheels
Mass Aging Access, the membership and advocacy organization for Aging Services Access Points in MA, has issued an advocacy alert to protect Meals on Wheels. If you’re concerned about the future of this program, which uses combined federal and state funding, visit their “Take Action” webpage and enter your contact information to notify your state legislators that you support funding in the state’s final FY27 budget ($13.9M) that will prevent future enrollment caps, waiting lists, and delays in service.
From a recent guest column in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, co-written by Betsey Crimmins, Executive Director of Mass Aging Access, and Lisa Kippax, Executive Director of Elder Services of Worcester Area:
“Food-insecure older adults are also more than twice as likely to visit an emergency department or require hospitalization or a costly nursing home admission. This means that underinvesting in nutrition programs for older adults simply causes a shifting of costs to the most expensive health care settings.”
Additional articles that will help you to learn the facts and strengthen your advocacy:
- “Meals on Wheels providers sounding alarm amid looming budget deficit,” Erin-Leigh Hoffman, Greenfield Recorder (June 9, 2026)
- “Meals on Wheels America and NANASP Issue Joint Statement on House Appropriations Committee FY27 LHHS Bill,” Meals on Wheels America website (June 10, 2026)
