God's Love We Deliver

In fy 2019 God's Love prepared and delivered 1.9 million meals. Besides being an all-time record for one year, the fy 2019 meal number was 9% higher than the previous year and 58% more than five years ago. God's Love continued to support the effort to reduce health care costs by keeping severely ill and/or disabled individuals in their homes instead of in institutional facilities. The organization did so by delivering meals to the clients of managed long-term care providers.

We conducted a broad range of activities to advance our "food is medicine" initiative this year. We mounted our ninth national symposium for food and nutrition services providers in Washington, d.c., made multiple trips to albany to meet with key decision makers to expand coverage for food and nutrition services for critically ill people and sought to solidify the importance of the food and nutrition services category with our local ryan white ema. We also continued our leadership role for our national advocacy committee, hosting webinars, educating organizations on the healthcare landscape and constantly disseminating information on policy and strategy. God's Love is collaborating with other organizations on potential research projects. All of these activities are part of our efforts to address the needs and concerns and further the health of the specific populations We serve.

In fy 2019 the God's Love nutrition department printed a booklet, in spanish, containing nutrition tips for older adults. The department also printed fact sheets on nutritional topics related to a number of illnesses. The department's publications are available in english and spanish. All are free of charge.