The nonprofit that runs King County’s Meals on Wheels program managed to bring the popular service’s waiting list down from five months to less than two, but it’s still facing future funding problems that could hurt Meals on Wheels and other programs that help seniors.
Sound Generations, formerly Senior Services, created the waiting list this summer after United Way of King County cut its contribution from $800,000 to $108,000. Adam Porter, the program manager, announced that Meals on Wheels would only accept 25 new clients per month, a 75 percent decrease. ...