meals on wheels

Coastline of New Bedford's core service is the Meals on Wheels program, which in 2022 delivered more than 434,000 meals to seniors still living independently.

Coastline's Christine Sullivan and Philip Beard review the history of Meals on Wheels in New Bedford and why it's important to so many people.

There is much debate about President Donald Trump's proposed budget and the elimination of the Community Development Block Grant, which funds housing assistance and social programs such as Meals on Wheels. On a national scale, the federal budget only funds about three percent of the Meals on Wheels program in total...