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We Deliver More Than a Meal

Thank you for your interest in home-delivered meals.
We look forward to serving you with our more than a meal model that includes a nutritious meal, life-saving safety check and opportunity for socialization.

we offer several options

1 Private pay >

Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island offers Private Pay for home-delivered meals, which cost about $50 per week. Private Pay  is available if:

  • You have an immediate and urgent need to receive home-delivered meals that may be temporary.
  • You are a Rhode Island resident, aged 60 or older and would like to receive meals but you are not homebound. 

2 Grant Funded >

If you need assistance paying for meals, you may apply to receive meals through grant and donor funds. To qualify for meals, participants must meet these conditions:
 
  • Be a Rhode Island resident, aged 60 or older.
  • Be homebound or have difficulty leaving home independently.
  • Not be a participant in an adult daycare or dining program on a day the participant is scheduled to receive meals.
  • A $3.00 donation per meal received is suggested.

3 Medicaid HCBS >

If you are approved for HCBS-LTTS, you are eligible to receive home-delivered meals. Your or your case worker can begin the program enrollment process by contacting Nicole Greaves at (401) 351-6700, ext. 108 or by email to [email protected].

Sign Up & Get Meals!

Delivery

FOR HELP ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOU, PLEASE CALL US AT (401) 351-6700.

Meal Types

All meal offerings are healthy and tasty with controlled sodium, fat, and sugar. The menus are approved by a registered dietitian to ensure balanced meals throughout the week, and our menu changes monthly.

Medically Tailored and Therapeutic Meals 
For those with a chronic disease or eating challenges, we offer special meals: 

  • Cardiac:  Heart-healthy meals to control salt and cholesterol intake 

  • Diabetic:  Meals that contain foods to help control blood-sugar levels and blood pressure 

  • Renal:  Meals featuring low-potassium and kidney-friendly foods 

  • Chopped, Ground, or Pureed: Meals prepared for easy ingesting

Culturally Responsive Meals 
We offer these meal choices to better serve our culturally diverse participants: 

  • Latin 
  • Asian 
  • Kosher