Meals on Wheels Waco

Meals on Wheels is a nutrition program for people sixty years or older who are homebound and/or are unable to purchase or prepare Meals. Lunches are delivered five days-a-week to the homes of older adults by volunteers. The Meals are prepared by the Senior nutrition kitchen located in Waco, tx. Meals on Wheels serves older adults whose resources are consumed by housing and health care needs. Little income is left for the purchase of food. Total Meals provided were 228,207, serving a total of 1,510 clients.

Senior centers provide a place for a nutritious lunch, health screening, educational, recreational and volunteer opportunities. Senior center staff members often seek collaborative help for the center clients. They may contact the mclennan county health dept, adult protective services, a home health organization, or a benefits counselor at the area agency on aging. They may help the recipient access our own transportation services so that they will be able to visit a clinic, a dialysis center, or the center itself. Eleven Senior centers are operated in the three counties. In the rural areas, the Senior centers are also the distribution point for the homebound delivered Meals. A total of 20,321 Meals were provided at the centers during the year, serving a total of 377 clients.

Transportation system; ctsm transit is a transportation system for clients in mclennan county in collaboration with Waco transit system. The total number of trips provided were 10,119.