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United States federal agency that supports the needs of the aging and disability populations, and improves access health care and long-term services
The claim that “President Donald Trump cut funding for Meals on Wheels” is : recent federal actions reduced Nutrition Program funding and White House policies threatened grants, but the specific $8 mi...
Federal oversight and funding for Meals on Wheels in 2025 centers on the Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program administered through federal aging offices inside HHS — principally the Administrat...
Meals on Wheels did not face a single, universal federal “major cut” to its core Older Americans Act Nutrition Program funding that eliminated baseline support nationwide over the last decade; . Local...
All provided source analyses indicate . The items reviewed range from advocacy studies and network reports to scoping reviews on nutrition and older adults, but each analysis explicitly notes the abse...
The available materials do not provide a single, authoritative figure for the share of the U.S. population older than 70 in 2023; . Using published 65+ shares and age-bracket breakdowns, the best defe...
Federal funding projections for Meals on Wheels over the next five years are ; available analyses document recent cuts and organizational requests for significant increases but do not offer a single, ...
Executive Summary The federal distribution of funds to Meals on Wheels is principally managed through the within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which administers Older Americans Act...
State and local governments in 2025 administer Meals on Wheels primarily by channeling federal Older Americans Act (OAA) nutrition dollars through State Units on Aging to Area Agencies on Aging, which...
Meals on Wheels networks mobilized policy advocacy, emergency fundraising and local contingency plans in response to the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, grant freezes and HHS reorganizati...
Meals on Wheels programs in 2025 operate primarily through a patchwork of federal, state and local funding routed via State Units on Aging and Area Agencies on Aging rather than direct national-level ...
Critics say the Trump administration both verbally demeaned people with disabilities and pursued policies that would reduce supports and civil-rights enforcement, including proposals to cut Medicaid a...
Available reporting in the provided set does not show Tony Thurmond — California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction — “bringing $500 million back into programs for the developmentally disabl...
The available analyses present three competing figures for Older Americans Act (OAA) funding in 2025: a Department of Health and Human Services draft proposing for Administration for Community Living ...