VT HCR047

Recognizes March 2025 as National Senior Nutrition Program Month in Vermont, aligning with the federal Administration for Community Living's annual celebration with the 2025 theme "A Place at the Table"

Approximately 28 percent of Vermont's population is 60 years or older, and 12 percent of older Vermonters face the threat of hunger according to the Vermont Foodbank

In 2024, 42 Meals on Wheels providers delivered 986,662 home-delivered meals to thousands of older Vermonters

The national Senior Nutrition Program was established on March 22, 1972, through Public Law 92-258, an amendment to the Older Americans Act of 1965

Directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living and the Vermont Association of Senior Centers and Meal Providers