'We have a historic-level wait list': Meals on Wheels Atlanta struggles to serve seniors

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April 13th, 2026

Matt Jackson of the Meals On Wheels program waits to deliver a meal to a home in Charleston, W.Va. Rising gas and food prices are crippling programs that many older Americans rely on for food, transportation and contact with the outside world. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

 

The rising cost of food is affecting a prolific non-profit that serves seniors in the metro Atlanta area.

Meals on Wheels Atlanta cites that 70% of the seniors it serves rely on MOWA as their only source of food. But now there’s a wait list of 800 people.

“We’ve stopped accepting applications from seniors,” CEO Charlene Crusoe-Ingram tells WABE’s “Morning Edition.”

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