Clients

To qualify for Open Arms' meal delivery service a person must be diagnosed with a chronic and progressive illness such as HIV/AIDS, MS, ALS or breast cancer, and live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.Clients need to be home to receive the weekly delivery of meals on a designated weekday, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For safety reasons, meals are not left unattended. If a client cannot be there, they need to make arrangements for someone to receive them, or they can pick them up at the Open Arms building itself.
 * Eligibility **

These are some statistics about the clients that subscribe to Open Arms delivery service.
 * Demographics **
 * **GENDER** || % of Clients || **ETHNICITY** || % of Clients ||
 * Male || 51% || African American || 29% ||
 * Female || 48% || African-Born || 4% ||
 * Transgender || 1% || Caucasian || 51% ||
 * Unknown ||  || Hispanic || 6% ||
 * **INCOME** ||  || Native American/Alaskan Native || 4% ||
 * $0 || 13% || Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander || .4% ||
 * $1 - 4,999 || 15% || Asian || .2% ||
 * $5,000 - 9,999 || 23% || Other/Unknown || 5% ||
 * $10,000 - 14,999 || 17% || **AGE** ||  ||
 * $15,000 - 19,999 || 9% || 0 - 19 || 1% ||
 * $20,000 + || 13% || 20 - 29 || 7% ||
 * Unknown || 5% || 30 - 39 || 16% ||
 * **ILLNESS** ||  || 40 - 49 || 32% ||
 * HIV/AIDS || 64% || 50 - 59 || 28% ||
 * Breast Cancer || 9% || 60+ || 16% ||
 * ALS || 1% ||  ||   ||
 * MS || 17% ||^  ||^   ||
 * Other Ilnesses || 9% ||^  ||^   ||

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