Social 60+ Restaurant Voucher Program

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Union County Division on Aging, under the Department of Human Services, pursued an initiative to not only expand our traditional congregate nutrition program to consumers who may not have been familiar with the program and overall services offered, but in response to social isolation as a result of the pandemic. In the last quarter of 2022, Social 60+ was piloted in the county in partnership with one of its local restaurants, attracting 484 Union County residents ages 60 and older. Given the pilot's success and overall positive feedback obtained through consumer satisfaction surveys, the Division on Aging re-implemented the program in 2023 with a total of three participating restaurants throughout the county to allow for easy accessibility, choice and nutritional variety. To date, Union County is the only county in the State who manages a successful Congregate Restaurant Voucher Program.