Meals / Food Assistance

Healthy Food Assistance

The Healthy Food Assistance program provides older adults with high quality, tasty, nutritionally sound, and diverse meal choices. The Congregate Meal and Home Delivered Meal Programs are designed for older individuals, age 60 and older, to live independently, have better health, and reduced isolation. Good nutrition is an important part of living a healthy lifestyle for older adults. Healthy Food Assistance is available to low-income, Broward County families and older adults.  Learn more about how to qualify for Home Delivered Meals and Congregate Meal Sites by calling the Aging and Disability Resource Center Helpline at 954-745-9779.

 

United for Seniors Humana Food Box Program

United for Seniors is a comprehensive older adults outreach United Way program focused on increasing social connectedness, access to care, and food security in older adults in Broward County while improving older adult care knowledge across the system of care. In an effort to decrease food insecurity in older adults, the program provides an opportunity to provide qualifying older adults with a monthly food box through our provider, Sterling Food Co.

To qualify, you must be an older adult 60 years or older, living in Broward County. The food box will be delivered to your home address at approximately the same time each month. Priority will be given to older adults who are participating in the United for Seniors Companionship Program.

 

Home Delivered Meals

Home delivered meals provide to eligible individuals with nutritionally sound, high quality, tasty meals in their homes. Emphasis is placed on serving older adults who are at greatest economic and social need, low-income minorities, and those who are at nutritional risk. We provide year-round home delivered meals through our contracted meal providers, Offerdahl's Off-the-Grill, Sterling Food Group, Sushi Maki-Medley Food Group, and United HomeCare. There is a choice of specialty meals such as puree, gluten-free, Kosher, and other options if you are on a specialized diet. In addition, there are culturally diverse food choices such as Cuban, Italian, and other options available. 

To be eligible for our Home Delivered Meal program you must be age 60 or older and homebound or a caregiver living in a home with an older adult who is homebound. Please contact the Aging & Disability Resource Center Helpline at 954.745.9779 for assistance in applying for Home Delivered Meals or email us at meals@adrcbroward.org. If you email please provide, your name, address, and phone number and one of our Information and Referral Professionals will call you back.

Once qualified you will receive meals each week delivered to your home through one of our home delivered meal providers.

Client Reviews on the New Home Delivered Meals Providers

"I'm so happy to be getting real food that I can eat and food that is not loaded with chemicals. I love the new food and it is really exciting to have delicious new meals.  - George A.

"The meals are much better. In the past my brother Mark would hesitate to eat the meals and now he is eager to eat more. He is glad to have the milk that comes with the meals." - Francine regarding her brother Mark's new meals.

"Thank you, the new meals are delicious! I used to have to tolerate the old meals and now I can sit down and enjoy my meals. The food quality is much better and even the rice is fluffy and tasty and not mushy. I shared with my friends that the news meals are so much better." - Ora R.

ADRC Emergency Meal Program

The ADRC Emergency Meal Program is a temporary meal program that is here to help you if you are homebound or if you are 150% below the FPL and are in need of support. Meals are provided by local restaurants and caterers and there is a choice of a variety of meals such as puree, kosher, gluten-free, Cuban, American variety, and other specialty meals.

We also provide year-round Home Delivered Meals through our contracted meal providers, Sterling Food Group and Medley Food Group. To qualify for these meals you must also call the Aging and Disability Resource Center Helpline at 954-745-9779 to become qualified. 

Congregate Meal Sites

Congregate meals offer nutritional and social benefits and are a healthy and convenient option for anyone 60 years old or older. The Area Agency of Aging of Broward County is looking to provide older adults with high quality, tasty, nutritionally sound, culturally diverse meal choices and to encourage participation, socialization and satisfaction with the meals received in a congregate setting. In addition to the advantages of a healthy meal that requires no shopping, preparation, or cleanup, every site offers social activities. older adults can improve their health by eating healthier foods and interacting with others.

Well-balanced meals are available through our contracted vendors, Flipany and Sterling Food Group, at Congregate Meal Site locations throughout Broward County. Review the list of Congregate Meal Sites below for a location near you. Call the individual sites for more information and current meal times. Transportation to many meal sites is free.

Nutritional education is provided to participants, and donations are gratefully accepted.

B'Nai B'Rith 

351 SW 3rd Ave

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

M—Th: 3:00 pm

Tel: 954.426.5510


Northeast Focal Point Senior Center

325 N.W. 2nd Avenue

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

M—F: 11:30 am

Tel: 954.480.4324


Pompano Beach Senior Activity Center

2005 Northwest 9th Street

Pompano Beach FL 33069

M—F: 11:00 am

Tel: 954.786.7840

St Andrew Towers

2700 NW 99th Avenue

Coral Springs, FL 33065

M—F: 4:00 pm

Tel: 954.752.3960


St. Elizabeth Gardens

801 NE 33rd Street

Pompano Beach, FL 33062

M—F: 3:00 pm

Tel: 954.941.4597

The Palms of Deerfield Beach

425 NW 1st Terrace

Deerfield Beach, 33341

M—F: 4:00 pm

Tel: 954.354.7269

Boulevard Gardens Community Center

2870 NW 4th Street

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

M / T / Th: 12:00 pm

Tel: 954.357.6867


Gateway Terrace

1943 NE 6th Court

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

M—F: 3:00 pm

Tel: 954.463.6721

Lauderdale Lakes Senior Center

4340 NW 36th Street

Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319

M—Th: 12:15 pm

Tel: 954.535.2804


Northwest Federated Woman's Club

2185 NW 19th Street

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

M—F: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Primary Tel: 954.354.7269
Secondary Tel: 954.730.3442

Sadkin Community Center

1176 NW 42nd Way

Lauderhill, FL 33313

M—Th: 11:30 am

Tel: 954.321.2450

Austin Hepburn Center

1000 NW 8th Avenue

Hallandale Beach, FL 33009

M—F: 11:00 am

Tel: 954.457.1460


David Posnack Jewish Community Center

5850 S Pine Island Road

Davie, FL 33328

M—F: 12:00 pm

Tel: 954.434.0499


McTyre Park

3501 SW 56th Avenue

West Park, FL 33023

M—F: 11:30 am

Tel: 954.985.1990

Memorial Boulevard Heights Senior Center

6770 Garfield Street

Hollywood, FL 33024

M—TH: 11:30 am

Tel: 954.967.4458


Miramar Senior Center Multi-Service Complex

6700 Miramar Pkwy

Miramar, FL 33023

M—FR: Breakfast 9:30 am | Lunch 11:30am

Tel: 954.889.2742 | 954.889.2700


Northwest Focal Point Senior Center

6009 NW 10th Street

Margate, FL 33063

M—F: 11:00 am

Tel: 954.973.0300

Southwest Focal Point Senior Center

301 NW 103rd Avenue

Pembroke Pines, FL 33026

M—F: 11:00 am

Tel: 954.450.6888


Sunset Lakes Community Center

2801 SW 186th Avenue

Miramar, FL 33029

M—F: Breakfast 9:30 am | Lunch 12:00 pm

Tel: 954.602.3347 | 954.889.2742