Nutrition Funding Disparity
Because of disproportionate Title III funding, rural older adults do not receive equitable servings of meals. Other nutrition opportunities are limited in rural Minnesota.
Meals and people served data sourced from the 2021 Peer Place database. Funding sourced from 2021 AAA final allocations posted on the Extranet.
Although the 15 counties with the oldest overall populations are in Greater Minnesota, 1,077,333 meals were distributed in the 7 county Metro region and 2,488,951 meals were distributed in Greater Minnesota.
In 2021, $6,135,156 served 45,557 older adults in Greater Minnesota, whereas Metro spent $4,386,463 to serve only 7,898 older adults.