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Meals on Wheels RI to offer culturally responsive home-delivered meals

Posted 5/4/22

Meals on Wheels of RI, with $160k funding granted by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), has piloted a year-long culturally responsive home-delivered meal program.

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Meals on Wheels RI to offer culturally responsive home-delivered meals

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By PAM SCHIFF

Cooperstown, New York, has the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio, has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they cannot compete with Cranston, Rhode Island, and the brand new home of the Rhode Island Comedy Hall Fame inside the Comedy Park at the Historic Park Theatre and Events Center.

Meals on Wheels of RI, with $160k funding granted by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), has piloted a year-long culturally responsive home-delivered meal program.

This program, which provides Meals on Wheels of RI Home-Delivered Meal Program clients with foods reflective of their heritage and cultural preferences alongside a daily well-being check and social visit, began in January 2022. It is part of Meals on Wheels of RI’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.

“Realization of this pilot program is made possible by the generosity of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, our longtime partner in our work to address food insecurity and social isolation amongst homebound seniors,” said Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Executive Director. “We are proud to offer our clients what they’ve asked for and to offer meals that better represent the communities that we serve.”

“For our clients who utilize both Medicare and Medicaid for their healthcare needs, improving ease of access to the things they need to stay healthy — such as the foods they know and like to eat — is an essential part of helping them maintain their overall good health,” said Leanna Moran, BCBSRI’s Managing Director of the Duals Market. “We are thrilled to partner with Meals on Wheels of RI to understand this program’s impact.”

The pilot program provides Meals on Wheels of RI clients with a meal designed to be reflective of Hispanic and Latin American cultures, in lieu of the meal included on the regular Home-Delivered Meal Program menu.

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