Basics of Home-Delivered Meals
Home-delivered meal programs provide nutritious meals to older adults who are not able to attend congregate meal sites. For those who are homebound, delivery of these meals by nutrition staff and volunteers provides an opportunity to see a friendly face. Discover new strategies to support and enhance your home-delivered meal program.
Briefs
- Nutrition Services of the Older Americans Act — ACL's overview of nutrition services authorized
by the OAA including eligibility, purpose, definitions, standards, and outcomes - What We Deliver - Meals on Wheels America— Describing participants and
impact with infographics, data, and quick videos
Quick Guides
- Delivery Logistics: Questions to Consider — FAQs when creating a delivery model
- Plating Tips for Your Home-Delivered Meals Program — Tips on serving attractively-plated, home-delivered meals
- Quick Tips: Home-delivered Meals — Information and resources related to common questions about
OAA Title III-C2 Home-delivered Meals - Quick Tips: Funding Options — Information and resources related to common questions on
funding for OAA Title III-C Nutrition Services
Guides
- Food Freezing Basics— Best practices to maintain the quality of frozen foods from North Dakota State University
- How Meals on Wheels is Funded— Funding sources for programs using federal, state, local, and private dollars
- Shelf Stable Food Safety— Shelf stable food safety guide including preservation methods, terminology, packaging, and storage from USDA
- Title III-C1 and -C2 Service Delivery Decision Tree — Tool for classifying specific nutrition service delivery models under the OAA
Toolkits
- Help Your Local Meals On Wheels Program Ditch Disposables— Tools from Beyond Plastics to help meal programs make the switch from disposable to reusable
- Determine Your Nutritional Health — Screening tool from The Nutrition Screening Initiative to help assess nutritional risk
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Older Adults Toolkit — Designed to help senior nutrition programs develop policies to meet OAA requirements
- Local and National Shelf Stable/Frozen Meals Vendor Template — Blank template for providing participants with listings of meals that meet their needs
Resources
- Communicating Effectively with People with Disabilities— ADA.gov tips for successful communication