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Formula grant increased; COA to allocate $5,000 to meal program after small August loss

August 29, 2026 | Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts


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Formula grant increased; COA to allocate $5,000 to meal program after small August loss
At the Sept. 19 meeting the COA recorded that the formula grant was increased from $12.00 per senior to $14.00 per senior and that $5,000 will be put into the meal program to expand the menu without raising prices.

The minutes include August 2023 meal financials: receipts of $1,563.55 and meal costs of $1,674.28, yielding a loss of $110.73, and a total of 510 meals served. The minutes do not specify the number of seniors used to calculate the per-senior formula or the timing for the $5,000 allocation.

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