MEALS ON WHEELS Definition & Meaning

meals on wheels

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.

meals on wheels

noun

functioning as singular social welfare a service, usually subsidized, and run by a social services department or voluntary body, which delivers hot meals to elderly or housebound people who might otherwise be unable to have them

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of meals on wheels¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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Leaders of Meals on Wheels, which delivers food to seniors, warned that the spending freeze had the potential to interrupt its operations.

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Because of this, I learned that Meals on Wheels and other nonprofits essentially provide quasi-official governmental services: They are funded in part by federal money that is granted to states and, in turn, distributed through state agencies.

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Trump’s Office of Management and Budget sent a memo directing federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to … disbursement of all Federal financial assistance,” which threw everything from Meals on Wheels to the rebuilding of a Rhode Island bridge into a state of confusion.

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"It does not impact any federal programmes that Americans rely on," he said, answering a question about whether "Meals on Wheels" food delivery programme would be affected.

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Barnett’s consulting and ghostwriting services “dried up with so much of the rest of the economy,” with the pair relying on charity and programs like Meals on Wheels, as well as plenty of oatmeal.

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