SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s daily press conference on the novel coronavirus situation in California, he announced a “first of its kind” program to support seniors and revitalize the restaurant industry.
The program, effective immediately, will reimburse local restaurants for delivering nutritious meals to at-risk seniors, three times a day, seven days a week.
While there is no cap on the number of meals that will be delivered to some of California’s 5.7 million seniors, Newsom said not every person over the age of 65 is eligible. Only seniors who are at high risk of exposure to COVID-19, have already been impacted or exposed directly, have compromised immune systems or are below 600% of federal poverty guidelines (which comes out to $74,940 for one person).
