{"id":13049,"date":"2021-08-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T14:36:31","slug":"michigan-nonprofit-gets-grant-for-pilot-food-delivery-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/michigan-nonprofit-gets-grant-for-pilot-food-delivery-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Nonprofit Gets Grant for Pilot Food Delivery Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Food Bank Council of Michigan will use a grant from Feeding America to help address food insecurity among senior citizens in West Michigan. The pandemic exacerbated food insecurity &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant-search.php?keyword=food%20insecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GrantWatch<\/a> has lots of grants related to the topic. The Food Bank Council will use this $200,000 grant to launch a pilot program for delivery service. For the first iteration, the organization will partner with Department of Health and Human Services officials and three local food banks in Detroit, Battle Creek and Ann Arbor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that there are a lot more seniors and individuals with disabilities in need of food which either can\u2019t get to grocery stores to shop for themselves or can\u2019t afford food or aren\u2019t eligible for benefits,\u201d said Dawn Opel, director of research and strategic initiatives for the Food Bank Council of Michigan. \u201cThey may live in a rural area and may be very far from food access.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bringing Food to Seniors Who Need It <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Food Bank Council of Michigan is a trade association representing all seven food banks across the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of program should benefit seniors in food insecure situations. Worse, some senior citizens are at risk for food insecurity for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Low SNAP employment rates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedwm.org\/2020\/01\/senior-hunger-why-does-it-exist\/\">According to Feeding America<\/a>, as few as 45% of eligible seniors are enrolled in supplementary food programs. <\/li><li>Seniors who live in rural areas. In rural areas, the inability to drive or lack of access to a vehicle hinders food security. Many rural areas don&#8217;t have enough grocery stores close enough, and there may not be enough public transportation. This is especially the case in places like West Michigan. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reasons the pandemic made food insecurity worse was that many seniors avoided congregant areas. Because of their increased risk of contracting COVID-19, they may have avoided grocery stores to avoid contracting the virus. Unfortunately, this limited their options when it came to food sourcing, especially in rural locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of this pilot program is to eventually program with the state&#8217;s aging and adult services agency and create a similar program to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org\/\">Meals on Wheels<\/a> program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GrantNews Notes <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GrantWatch has an entire category dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/cat\/1\/aging-seniors-grants.html\">Senior-related grants. <\/a>These grants can help organizations, including nonprofits, gain funding for critical initiatives focused on seniors or aging. Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/plans.php\">paid GrantWatch subscription to ga<\/a>in access to all of our valuable grant-seeking resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food Bank Council of Michigan will use a grant from Feeding America to help address food insecurity among 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