Opinion: As pandemic aid ends for food and health care, San Diego nonprofits will be relied on more [Opinion]
Throughout the pandemic, the federal and state governments made important changes to what they deemed “safety net” programs, including increases to CalFresh payments, stimulus payments, child tax credits, free school lunches and a reduction to program enrollment hurdles.
The team at Mama’s Kitchen — an organization that delivers no-cost, medically tailored meals to thousands of critically ill San Diegans — is still serving 80 percent more people today than we were in February 2020. Our staff are preparing for the implications of these enrollment changes. We know all too well that health care and nutrition access are intimately linked. Lack of healthy food or adequate health care increases risk of illness. Those experiencing an illness are more likely to face barriers accessing healthy nutrition, whether from pain, lack of mobility, financial hardship or lost wages. The lack of nutrition perpetuates and worsens people’s health, making it more challenging to recover.
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