PROGRAM PROFILE
TOTAL OLDER AMERICANS ACT NUTRITION EXPENDITURES
TOTAL LEVERAGED NUTRITION PROGRAM EXPENDITURES
SENIORS SERVED BY MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS
Home-Delivered
Congregate
MEALS SERVED BY MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS
Home-Delivered
Congregate
CLIENT PROFILE (seniors receiving OAA nutrition or other supportive services)
- 46% Live in Poverty
- 47% Belong to a Minority Group
- 29% Live in a Rural Community
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
Funding for OAA programs is provided through the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS-Education) annual appropriations bill, and dollars are allocated to states based on a formula. Since FY 2010, federal OAA Appropriations to Texas’s nutrition programs have fallen while the need is escalating at an unprecedented pace.
$32,277,902
$74,408,242
134,760
63,442
71,318
16,401,162
11,558,470
4,842,692
WE CAN PROVIDE
Nutrutious meals to a senior for an entire year FOR LESS THAN $1,135.
THE OAA covers 43% of that cost. Programs rely on contributions from state, local, private donations and other resources to cover the rest.
