Program areas at CS
Food and nutrition program - annually, Community Servings prepares and delivers over 800,000 scratch-made medically tailored meals to more than 3,000 individuals and their families across Massachusetts. The agency's standard service includes five days' worth of lunches, dinners, and snacks for each primary client, all dependent children in the household, and a caregiver. 92 percent of Community Servings' clients are livng in poverty, and 60 percent are from communities of color. Families receive 42 percent of the agency's meals.additionally, Community Servings provides nutrition education and counseling to their clients and the broader Community. Approximately 52,000 hours of volunteer services are donated by Community members to prepare, package and deliver meals.
Food & health policy - Community Servings works to address the nutritional needs of severely ill individuals, and expand our model of home delivered medically tailored meals by making medically tailored meals an integrated part of the healthcare delivery and payment systems. To achieve this, Community Servings undertakes research, outreach to healthcare professionals and policy makers and produces annual symposium in addition publishing white papers to share our work and insights.
Workforce development - Community Servings' food service job training program offers a 12-week curriculum for individuals facing barriers to employment, including cooking and life skills, nutrition, food safety, job readiness skills and job placement support. In addition to attending classes, trainees gain experiential learning working in our kitchen, helping to prepare meals for the critically and chronically ill while building their skills and self-esteem. On average, 38-40 trainees enroll in the training program each year.