The Jefferson Parish Meal Assistance Program has provided more than 25,000 meals since its launch and continues to accept new applications. Residents are encouraged to call the Jefferson Parish COVID-19 Meal Assistance Program hotline at 504-736-6162 or apply online at www.jeffparish.net. The well balanced meals are delivered to homes once a week frozen with instructions for heating. Meals range from pulled pork on a bun to baked chicken with a corn muffin and baked beans to chicken and sausage jambalaya with corn.