In Phoenix on a recent, hazy afternoon, grownups and kids lined up by a yellow school bus for bags of free food. All 1,100 students in the district qualify for free school meals. ———OLDER ADULTSSince the pandemic began, many older adults in the U.S. have turned to food banks, Meals on Wheels home deliveries and other charities to get enough to eat. It isn’t restricted to older adults, but officials had them in mind when they launched it last summer. It’s often harder for unemployed older adults to find work and they have fewer years to pull themselves out of poverty exacerbated by the pandemic.

Source: ABC News April 01, 2021 14:08 UTC