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§3030f Program authorized

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING › Part Part C— - Nutrition Services › Subpart subpart ii— - home delivered nutrition services › § 3030f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Assistant Secretary must create and run a grant program to give states money under approved plans so they can set up nutrition projects for older adults. Projects must deliver at least 1 home‑delivered meal each day on 5 or more days a week (or a lower schedule the state approves for rural areas). Meals can be hot, cold, frozen, dried, canned, or fresh and may include supplements or extra meals. Projects must also provide nutrition education, counseling, and other nutrition services based on recipients’ needs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3030f

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The Assistant Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to make grants to States under State plans approved under section 3027 of this title for the establishment and operation of nutrition projects for older individuals that provide—
(1)on 5 or more days a week (except in a rural area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Assistant Secretary by rule) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency) at least 1 home delivered meal per day, which may consist of hot, cold, frozen, dried, canned, or fresh foods and, as appropriate, supplemental foods, and any additional meals that the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart elects to provide; and
(2)nutrition education, nutrition counseling, and other nutrition services, as appropriate, based on the needs of meal recipients.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Par. (1). Pub. L. 114–144 substituted “canned, or fresh foods and, as appropriate, supplemental foods, and any additional meals” for “canned, fresh, or supplemental foods and any additional meals”. 2006—Pub. L. 109–365 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 3027 of this title for the establishment and operation of nutrition projects for older individuals which, 5 or more days a week (except in a rural area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Assistant Secretary by regulation) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency), provide at least one home delivered hot, cold, frozen, dried, canned, or supplemental foods (with a satisfactory storage life) meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart may elect to provide.” 1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner” in two places. 1992—Pub. L. 102–375 inserted “(except in a rural area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Commissioner by regulation) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency)” after “week” and struck out before period at end “, each of which assures a minimum of one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3030f

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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