Individuals who are age 60 years or older, incapacitated due to accident, illness, or frailty, and who have no one to prepare their meals may be eligible to participate in the home-delivered meals program. The target population is nutritionally at-risk adults who may be disabled, living alone, low-income (defined at 100%-150% of poverty) or over 75 years of age.

Since the home-delivered meals program is not an entitlement program, meal delivery availability is dependent on funding levels and demand at the county level. Meals are delivered to a recipient’s home one to two times daily, five or more times a week. Some programs provide frozen meals for weekends. Each meal provides at least 1/3 of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for an individual.

Home delivered meals are offered through the local office for the aging (or Area Agencies on Aging) with funding from the Older Americans Act, the NYS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Community Services for the Elderly Program (CSE). Local funding and participant contributions supplement these federal and state revenues.

To sign up for home delivered meals, contact your local office for the aging.