The Dysphagia Outreach Project

The mission of The Dysphagia Outreach Project’s Dysphagia Food Bank is to provide tangible assistance to low income individuals with dysphagia across the lifespan by providing access to thickeners, pre-modified foods, therapy tools, oral care supplies, and adaptive equipment. Insurance coverage for the above-mentioned supplies is inconsistent, and more often than not, insurance companies refuse to pay for dysphagia supplies, resulting in a significant financial burden for many individuals with dysphagia. Our mission at The Dysphagia Outreach Project is twofold. Part one is to help provide assistance for those individuals for whom accessibility of dysphagia supplies is limited due to financial hardship. The other part of our mission is to provide education and support to the dysphagia community at large about when it is appropriate to recommend and utilize these same supplies. This program provides: Food thickeners, Pre-modified food, Therapy tools, Oral care supplies, Adaptive supplies