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AUSTIN — Texas has received a $16.2 million federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living to help provide meals to senior citizens.

The grant money will be distributed to local meal providers in Texas communities through home delivery and community center programs originally created by the Older Americans Act of 1965.

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Texas received this grant as a part of the $250 million that Congress set aside for aging and disability service programs in the Families First Coronavirus Act, which was signed into law March 18.

“This grant is especially timely given the disproportionately high toll that COVID-19 has been taking on seniors around the world,” said Gov. Abbott, who announced the grant on Wednesday morning. “As social distancing measures increasingly and appropriately limit people’s social mobility, it is imperative that alternate means for feeding our state’s elderly like Meals on Wheels receive additional resources to handle the growing need.”

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Those who need assistance can contact the state’s Eldercare Locator to find services available in their communities by phone at 800-677-1116, or online, https://eldercare.acl.gov/.