Kansas Senior Meal Delivery Program Shutting Down After Losing Funding

Kansas residents are about to feel the pain of voting for Donald Trump - literally - in their stomachs. This is a sad FAFO, actually. But it is important to report on how voting for Trump really affects people all over the country - and how. KWCH is reporting that Everfull, a nonprofit that provides free meals to the South Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging (SCKAAA) will have to end their contract due to a lack of funding.

Everfull will cease serving meals as of July 1st. Currently, they provide 18,000 meals to senior citizens at various locations across the state, including 22 locations in Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Kingman, McPherson, Sumner, Reno, and Rice counties.

Some of those rural counties gave upwards of 85% of the vote to Trump - for example 85.28% of Chautauqua voted for Trump in the 2024 election. I mean, they literally voted to starve.

Everfull had been working with SCKAAA since March to try to overcome clear funding issues, but was unsuccessful. The only three counties that will continue to receive meals are Butler, Harvey, and Sedgwick because they are funded vy a different means.

The SCKAAA issued a statement:

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