I live on very little - shop at the Goodwill, eat most meals at home... 

To teach someone who never did a budget before or to learn how to cook inexpensive meals at home or other things that folks just have never been taught.

People need a place to eat their meals.

Make sure you define a turnkey company that is a one stop solution, that does not just piece meal their product and then farm out the management, you want everything in-house for better accountability and transparency.  

They do supply meals, however.  

This leads to tenants being on their best behavior to not lose that "meal ticket."

Part of our appeal in the community and amongst the residents and their families is they get to see me active and around (I dont have to be there every day - if I was there one or 2 days a week part of the day that would suffice enough but I like being there at times - will like being there more once I get my office fixed up in view out basement of the facility my office now sucks so I like to work from home a lot)For example something as simple as changing up how we order food and where we get it and who orders it has saved us approximately $1500-2+k a month roughly (feeding roughly 30-34 people 3 meals a day + snacks). 

You buy some supplies from home depot or have a meal with a prospective client.

You can dehydrate food and store it for a year easily - I buy fruits and veggies when they're past prime for cheap from local stores, dry my own garden produce, and make jerky and other treats healthier and for far less than you pay pre-made.

I deliver Meals on Wheels once a month, and the kind of poverty I see in the United States is a complete embarrassment.