QUESTION
Is there a waitlist for Home Delivered Meals (HDMs)?
0:30:14
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Commissioner Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez confirms there is no waitlist for Home Delivered Meals except under specific circumstances.
- Case management agencies conduct comprehensive assessments for eligibility.
- Individuals identified with food insecurity as a top issue receive immediate support.
- The entry point for Home Delivered Meals involves a thorough evaluation.
- A situation involving Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) poses an exception, though details are limited.
Adrienne Adams
0:30:14
Currently, is there a wait list for HDMs?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
0:30:19
There is no wait list for HCM other than where I have to then state to someone they can't get.
0:30:27
Home delivered meals.
0:30:28
Right?
0:30:29
When we when the case management agencies are the point of entry for home delivered meals.
0:30:35
So they do a full assessment on an individual.
0:30:38
The first assessment is just to just find out what the emergency needs are, if the person is deemed eligible.
0:30:45
Off for home delivered meals and food insecurity is their top issue.
0:30:49
They will automatically get a home delivered meal.
0:30:53
And then now we have this other situation which is the MLTC, which we we don't.
0:30:58
We're not able to.
0:30:59
And that's where we're at.
0:31:01
But there is no wait list for home delivered meals.
Adrienne Adams
0:31:05
Okay.
0:31:06
Thank you.