Tell Congress to Protect Older Americans
We are urging Congress to fund and protect senior nutrition programs, which provide life saving meals and services to millions of older Americans each year. One in three local Meals on Wheels providers has a waitlist, with seniors in need waiting on average four months for vital meals. Your voice can make a difference!
A Voice for the Needs of Older Americans
Meals on Wheels America is engaged in ongoing advocacy to help local Meals on Wheels providers meet the needs of their communities. To that end, we advocate for Capitol Hill and the administration to advance funding and policies that support community-based Meals on Wheels providers, their volunteers and the seniors they serve.
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Waitlists
Across the United States, Meals on Wheels providers are urgently grappling with extensive waitlists due to increasing demand and declining federal funding. Even when funding remains the same, rising food, gas and operational costs result in fewer seniors being served as providers struggle to make ends meet.
2026 Advocacy Agenda
Our advocacy and policy issues and priorities are based on your input on what matters most to your organizations. We hope you will use the 2026 Advocacy Agenda as a source of key messages for meetings, events and media interviews or as a handout for elected officials throughout the year. We make the biggest difference when we work together!
Recent Advocacy News
Meals on Wheels America and NANASP Issue Joint Statement on Newly Passed Bill Providing Funding for FY26
Meals on Wheels America and NANASP Issue Statement on Partial Government Shutdown
Meals on Wheels America Issues Statement on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Meals on Wheels America highlights gaps in the new Dietary Guidelines for older adults and calls for increased federal support to address senior hunger and expand access to nutritious meals.
