Due to changes in family structure, it is becoming increasingly common in our society for grandparents to raise grandchildren or other very young family members. Good nutrition is vitally important for senior citizens, and OFA has long played a role in helping ensure that seniors get the nutritional meals they need. Senior Nutrition Services provide breakfast, a hot noon meal, and cold supper meal for homebound seniors in rural areas of the county. Well-balanced noon dinners are provided weekdays at senior nutrition sites throughout the county. This summer, OFA will have 300 free coupon books for local farmer s markets available to low income senior citizens.
Seniors can use the coupons to purchase fruits and vegetables.
Last year 95 percent of all the coupons in this program were cashed. The Office for the Aging is overseen by the County Legislature s Human Resources Committee.