Nutrition & Wellness Programs
The Area 1 Agency on Aging will provide $513,000 in funding during fiscal year 2010-2011 for the senior lunch and home-delivered meal programs for seniors in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. During 2009-2010 providers of senior lunch programs--Humboldt Senior Resource Center, Del Norte Senior Center, Healy Senior Center and K’ima:w Medical Center--prepared and served over 60,000 senior lunches and supplied more than 81,000 home-delivered meals.
Funding for these programs was reduced by 15% this year from 09-10 support levels. Nutritional programs, though strained by growing numbers of seniors needing home-delivered meals, successfully reduced both the numbers of seniors unable to participate in the programs and the amount of time seniors spent on lunch program waiting lists.
Title III Elderly Nutrition Programs are funded through the Older Americans Act. Senior lunches and home-delivered meals are available to people 60 years of age or older. A home-delivered meal is available to individuals who are home-bound-those and to those who seldom leave the home except for medical appointments. Although a modest donation is requested for the meal, no eligible person is denied a meal because of ability or willingness to donate.
Senior lunch sites in Humboldt and Del Norte counties:
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Older American Act Sites (Title III Programs) |
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Arcata Lunch Site - Humboldt Senior |
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Del Norte Senior Center* |
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Eureka Senior Dining Center – Humboldt Senior |
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Fortuna Senior Dining Site-Humboldt Senior |
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Healy Senior Center of Southern Humboldt* |
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K’ima:w Medical Center* |
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Other Senior Lunch Programs ( Title VI Programs) |
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Blue Lake Rancheria |
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Howonquet Lunch Site |
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Karuk Senior Center |
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K’ima:w Medical Center* |
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Rohnerville Rancheria |
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Community-based Senior Meal Programs |
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Bridgeville Community Center |
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Ferndale Senior Resource Agency |
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Mateel Meal Program |
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McKinleyville Senior Center |
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Rio Dell Senior Lunch |
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Klamath Community Building (707) 482-9705 -- Jan for information |
* = Partially funded by the Area 1 Agency on Aging

