Free meals delivery program for Los Angeles seniors to end NBC Los Angeles [Video]

A Los Angeles program that has provided free meals to senior citizens across the city will end in August as a city council committee did not decide on a funding extension Wednesday.

The Emergency Rapid Response Senior Meals Program is under the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging, first established during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to the growing food insecurity. 

In partnership with the city, Revolution Foods delivers five free meals per week to the homes of the elderly who signed up for the program. The company says it has received an influx from more than 800 seniors requesting home-delivered meals since March, with a waitlist of over 1,400 people wanting to join the program.

But, with the city trying to cut corners amid this year’s budget deficit, the group worries that thousands of seniors facing significant social and economic challenges will be left without meals.

In a …