Home delivered meals

Milwaukee County Department on Aging Home Delivered Meal Program

Home delivered meals are funded by the Milwaukee County Department on Aging and managed through Goodwill Senior Services. The program promotes independent living for homebound older adults through the delivery of a hot, nutritious noon meal Monday through Friday. Frozen weekend meals are available when an assessment shows a need for additional help.

To be eligible for the program, a person must be:

  • 60 years of age or older (or a spouse of any age or a disabled family member of any age in the same home)a resident of Milwaukee County
  • homebound
  • physically or mentally impaired and unable to prepare adequate nutritious meals 
  • unable to attend the congregate meal program sites
  • living alone or with no other adult living in the same house, building, or area who is able or willing to prepare meals
  • able to feed themselves or have someone able and willing to help feed them
  • home at time of delivery

The need for meals and type of diet must be verified by an applicant's physician or general diets may be approved by the Senior Meal Program Director when no physician's diet order is available.


To apply for home delivered meals, call the Resource Center (414) 289-6874.

Information and Assistance staff will ask questions to fill out the application over the phone.

If all eligibility criteria are met the following process takes place:

  • The request is forwarded to the Home Delivered Meal Program.
  • An appointment is made for a home visit by one of the Goodwill Social Workers
  • A signature by the applicant must be obtained on a required medical release form.
  • The Home Delivered Meal Program mails or fax's the release form to the individual's physician for approval.
  • A suggested contribution, based on a sliding scale is requested for the meals. (All contributions are confidential, and no one will be denied service because of inability to contribute). 

In addition to this program, there are several "private-pay" home delivered meal programs available.

Call the Resource Center at (414) 289-6874 for more information on home delivered meals or to learn about private pay services.