Meal delivery programs prepare and deliver nutritious meals to older adults and people with disabilities who are unable to make the food for themselves or travel to a meal site.

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers, the Alternative Care Program, and the Essential Community Supports program in the Community-Based Services Manual.

When receiving this service under waiver programs, you can receive up to one home-delivered meal per day.

Eligibility
To receive this service under the Alternative Care (AC), Essential Community Supports (ECS) and Elderly Waiver (EW) programs:
* The person must have an assessed need for the service that is documented in their support plan
* The service must be the most cost-effective method to provide the person with a nutritionally balanced meal

To receive this service under the Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternative Care (CAC) and Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers:
* The person must be age 18 or older
* The person must be unable to prepare their own meals due to their disability
* The person must have an assessed need for the service that is documented in their support plan
* The service must be the most cost-effective method to provide the person with a nutritionally balanced meal
* No one else is available to prepare the meals

If you have waiver funding, the support plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

• Area Served by County
  • Aitkin County 
  • Anoka County 
  • Becker County 
  • Beltrami County 
  • Benton County 
  • Big Stone County 
  • Blue Earth County 
  • Brown County 
  • Carlton County 
  • Carver County 
  • Cass County 
  • Chippewa County 
  • Chisago County 
  • Clay County 
  • Clearwater County 
  • Cook County 
  • Cottonwood County 
  • Crow Wing County 
  • Dakota County 
  • Dodge County 
  • Douglas County 
  • Faribault County 
  • Fillmore County 
  • Freeborn County 
  • Goodhue County 
  • Grant County 
  • Hennepin County 
  • Houston County 
  • Hubbard County 
  • Isanti County 
  • Itasca County 
  • Jackson County 
  • Kanabec County 
  • Kandiyohi County 
  • Kittson County 
  • Koochiching County 
  • Lac qui Parle County 
  • Lake County 
  • Lake of the Woods County 
  • Le Sueur County 
  • Lincoln County 
  • Lyon County 
  • Mahnomen County 
  • Marshall County 
  • Martin County 
  • McLeod County 
  • Meeker County 
  • Mille Lacs County 
  • Morrison County 
  • Mower County 
  • Murray County 
  • Nicollet County 
  • Nobles County 
  • Norman County 
  • Olmsted County 
  • Otter Tail County 
  • Pennington County 
  • Pine County 
  • Pipestone County 
  • Polk County 
  • Pope County 
  • Ramsey County 
  • Red Lake County 
  • Redwood County 
  • Renville County 
  • Rice County 
  • Rock County 
  • Roseau County 
  • Scott County 
  • Sherburne County 
  • Sibley County 
  • St. Louis County 
  • Statewide 
  • Stearns County 
  • Steele County 
  • Stevens County 
  • Swift County 
  • Todd County 
  • Traverse County 
  • Wabasha County 
  • Wadena County 
  • Waseca County 
  • Washington County 
  • Watonwan County 
  • Wilkin County 
  • Winona County 
  • Wright County 
  • Yellow Medicine County 
• Payment
  • Alternative Care Waiver (AC) 
  • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
  • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
  • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
  • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 
  • Elderly Waiver (EW) 
  • Essential Community Supports (ECS) 

Statewide

https://vricares.com

12/13/2024