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.
Empowered Partners Humana Food Box Program
Empowered Partners is a comprehensive older adults United Way outreach 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 offers 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 Empowered Partners Companionship Program.
Home Delivered Meals
Home delivered meals provided 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