Becker's Healthcare December 2, 2024
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia expanded its food insecurity program by providing families of patients with six months of produce and/or a week of prepared meals, WHYY reported Dec. 2.
The program, which was piloted in July 2023, enables patients who struggle with food access to sign up to be provided with food upon discharge. The prepared meals are chosen from a menu of options. Of 120 eligible families, 59% enrolled in the program. Seventy-seven percent chose to have both prepared meals and produce delivery, 18%...