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MISSION STATEMENT
Erath County Meals on Wheels is a part of Erath County Senior Citizens, Inc.
Mission
Statement of Erath County Senior Citizens, Inc.
Erath County Senior
Citizens, Inc. was formed to engage in and promote all activities and
projects necessary to improve the economic, physical, educational,
recreational, and mental welfare of senior citizens that are residents of
Erath County,
Texas.
Erath County Senior Citizens, Inc. was formed to
engage in and promote all activities and projects necessary to improve the
economic, physical, educational, recreational, and mental welfare of senior
citizens that are residents of
Erath County,
Texas.
Summary:
Erath County Senior Citizens, Inc. is a non-profit
organization that provides services including Home-Delivered Meals,
Transportation, and Preventive Health items to elderly residents of
Erath
County who are in need of assistance.
ECSC receives funding from the North Central
Texas Council of Governments/Area Agency on Aging, Texas Department of Human
Services, and Texas Department of Agriculture as well as local organizations
including the
Erath County United Way
and Erath
County.
On a daily basis the
staff of ECSC oversees the delivery of one hot meal, five days a week to
approximately 170 homebound clients.
These meals are served at lunchtime and
delivered by volunteers.
ECSC also provides Ensure nutritional
supplement to an average of 28 clients per month. Beginning October 1, 2002,
ECSC began contracting with The Transit System to provide in-county
transportation services to eligible elderly clients. This service is used to
increase the availability of transportation to elderly residents of
Erath
County.
ECSC provides monthly
reports to the NCTCOG/ AAA and TDHS concerning the services provided to
clients.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Title
XIX and XX Home-Delivered Meals
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Delivered five days a
week to clients approved by the Texas Department of Human Services.
These meals will meet 1/3 RDA requirements.
Special diet meals are also available, where
possible.
Title
III Home-Delivered Meals
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Delivered five days a
week to homebound participants who are unable to prepare their own meals or
who lack family, friends, or other community resources.
These meals will meet 1/3 RDA requirements.
Special diet meals and Ensure or Glucerna are
also available, where possible.
TDA
Texans Feeding Texans
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Delivered five days a
week to homebound adult participants, regardless of age who are unable to
prepare their own meals or who lack family, friends, or other community
resources.
These meals will meet 1/3 RDA requirements.
Special diet meals and
Ensure are also available, where possible.
Title III Transportation
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Provide transportation
five days a week, to elderly residents of
Erath
County.
Trips that will be provided include doctor
visits, shopping, banking, recreation centers and activities in
Erath
County,
with priority being placed on doctor visits.
Any transportation to a medical appointment
outside of Erath
County
will be negotiated in advance through the NCTCOG-AAA.
Title III Preventive Health Maintenance
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Provides referrals for funding assistance to
purchase approved mobility aids, dentures, prescription medications and
information, an pay utility bills for eligible persons over the age of sixty
and who are on limited incomes.
Telephone Reassurance
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Homebound clients who need contact in order to
assure their safety and well-being are referred to S.A.L.T. (Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together) board.
Additional Special Needs Services
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Any client in need of special services such as
Options or Residential Repair will be referred to the NCTCOG-AAA.
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