Stimulus money will aid food program for seniors

YOUNGSTOWN — About $250,000 from the federal economic stimulus package is going to fund programs that provide food to seniors in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties.

The Area Agency on Aging 11 will receive the money to help with the Congregate Meals and Home-Delivered Meals programs in the four counties.

“This will be a tremendous help, particularly to those in Columbiana and Mahoning” counties, said Lisa Solley, the agency’s spokeswoman.

Unlike Trumbull and Ashtabula counties, Mahoning and Columbiana don’t have tax levies to help fund programs for seniors, she said.

The senior meal programs in the four counties cost $2.75 million last year, Solley said.

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