Who is eligible for a Home Delivered Meal?

A person is eligible to receive home delivered meals if he/she meets all of the following criteria for eligibility and if receipt of the meal is in the best interest of the homebound older person.

a.    A person is 60 years of age or older or is the spouse of a person at least 60 years of age who participates in the program.

b.    A non elderly handicapped person may participate in the program if they live with an elderly person and the elderly person is receiving meals.

c.    The individual must be homebound.

(does not leave his or her home under normal circumstances).

d.     The person must be unable to participate in the congregate meals program because of physical or emotional problems.

e.    There is no spouse or other adult living in the same house or building willing to prepare all meals.

These meals are packed at a meal site and are delivered by volunteers.  Hot foods are kept hot and cold foods are kept cold during transport.  Meals can be provided for a general diet, no-added salt diet, and a 1500 to 1600 calorie ADA diet. Special needs diets are available in the City of Manitowoc under the Mobile Meals Program.
Meals are normally delivered Monday through Friday. Delivery of the noon meal can be expected between 11 A.M. and 1 P.M.  For those folks needing weekend assistance, frozen meals can be delivered on Friday.

Cost of the meal is $3.50, on a donation basis.  The driver can accept weekly payments, or we can make arrangements to bill by the month.

Cancellation Policy:  Sufficient notice of cancellation must be given.  Once the meal leaves the site, the intended recipient will be billed for the meal, even if he is not at home.  A meal will not be left at a home when the recipient does not answer the door, even though he must still pay for the meal.

Emergency Contact:  If a recipient does not answer the door, we need to be sure that the person is safe.  We will telephone emergency contacts to check on the person.  Sometimes we will call apartment managers or neighbors.  In the event that we are not able to make contact we will notify emergency personnel, who will then respond as if it is an emergency.
Please call (920) 683-4180 to cancel a meal.