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We need your voice to ensure that our most vulnerable community members have support for basic needs including senior meals, transportation and home services. See sample scripts below.
Sample email/script
Senior meals
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION].
I’m emailing to urge [REP or SENATOR NAME] to support funding for Meals for Seniors. The health of older Minnesotans depends upon this critical funding for food for our most vulnerable community members.
Please support $3,076 million in funding for meals for seniors in the House Omnibus Human Services bill. [If the legislator is on the House Services Finance and Policy Committee or the Senate Human Services Committee, include: In your role in setting policy and finances for human services in the [House or Senate], your voice is particularly important, and I hope I can count on your support.]
[Personal connection: Share how the lack of sufficient funding for senior meals and services impacts you, your loved ones or your community.]
Additional funds are urgently needed. Providers are already cutting home-delivered meals and closing nutrition sites. The Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging projects that 487,000 fewer meals will be available to older adults in 2025 than in 2024, a loss of service for 1,900 seniors.
I implore you to include at least $3,076 million in funding in the biennial appropriation to meet the urgent nutritional needs of older adults.
Thank you for your time and consideration.