CLEARIFELD – The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program provides eligible, older citizens of Pennsylvania with free vouchers worth twenty dollars to purchase fruits and vegetables at registered Farmers Markets. Vouchers for the Pennsylvania SFMNP continue to be made available to qualifying senior citizens in Clearfield County.
The vouchers are available at Clearfield County Centers for Active Living until the supply is depleted, or Sept. 30, whichever comes first. Each Center’s schedule is as follows: Clearfield Center for Active Living—Mondays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Coalport Center for Active Living—Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.; Karthaus Center for Active Living—Tuesdays from noon – 1 p.m.; Kylertown Center for Active Living—Fridays from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.; and Mahaffey Center for Active Living—Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
The produce must be fresh (not processed) and grown or grow-able in Pennsylvania. Four $5 vouchers will be distributed to individuals 60 years of age and older applying in Clearfield County who meet income eligibility and residency requirements. The income limit this year is $20,036 for a single person and $26,955 for a married couple. Identification showing date of birth and county (or town) residency is required when vouchers are picked up. A Social Security Card is not a valid form of identification for this purpose.
Eligible individuals who cannot pick up their vouchers may name a Proxy to pick these up for them by signing an authorized Proxy form. Proxy forms are available at all county Centers for Active Living or may be printed from the Agency’s website at www.ccaaa.net. The form must be signed by the eligible individual prior to picking up the vouchers, and identification for both persons must be submitted by the proxy when applying for vouchers.
The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers are being made available in Clearfield County by the PA Department of Agriculture through the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging. Distribution of the vouchers is assisted by volunteers of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Volunteer Center of Clearfield County.
Those individuals who are interested in having lunch at a Center are asked to call one day in advance to make their reservation. Any individual over the age of 60 may reserve a lunch and contribute to the cost of the meal on a donation basis. The cost of a meal of a person under 60 is $3.00.
For more information, call your local Center for Active Living or the CCAAA at 765-2696 or 1-800-225-8571, or visit our Web site.
Programs and services of the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging, Inc. are funded in part by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging, Mature Resources Foundation, and local and client contributions.