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Request for Information: Congregate Meal Sites for Older Adults & Targeting Underserved Minority Populations
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to give local community-based organizations, social service providers, and other stakeholders in Philadelphia the opportunity to provide feedback regarding:
Older populations currently underserved by existing meal programs or whom experience barriers to accessing these programs and,
Capacity of local organizations to establish and operate new congregate meal sites to serve these populations.
PCA funds congregate meal programs at senior community centers and satellite meal centers throughout the city and provides home-delivered meals for many homebound older adults. Although PCA is already the second-largest distributor of meals in the city (the first is the school district of Philadelphia), we are always looking for new ways to ensure that every older adult at risk for food insecurity or malnutrition is able to access the programs they need to stay healthy.
To that end, PCA is exploring partnerships with organizations with the capacity to operate congregate meal sites in the neighborhoods where these at-risk older adults reside. At risk groups may include specific ethnic or racial minority groups, those living in extreme poverty, and/or older residents residing in areas identified by PCA as underserved (zip codes 19135, 19136, 19153, or 19142).
