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- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

Congregate dining: - Provides nutritious noon-hour meals to persons age 60 and over - An annual registration for this federally funded program must be completed - Meals are available at full price for those of all ages or those who do not want to complete the registration form Home-delivered meals: - Delivers meals to persons who are homebound or in need of rehabilitation time from surgery, injury, or illness. This service is based on an assessment of need - A complete, well-balanced meal is delivered to the recipient's door. This meal provides one-third of the required daily calories and nutrients, and is approved - Volunteer drivers are a regular contact for a homebound person

Nutritious meals are provided via: - Diner's Clubs: Local restaurants offer meals for older adults ages 60 and older throughout the day or over the lunch hour with no reservations required. - Community Dining Centers: Community dining locations offer well balanced, hot meals. Meals include milk and are served daily around noon. Special diets such as diabetic, controlled sodium, and low-fat/low-cholesterol can be accommodated through meals. Upon request, hot or frozen carryout meals are provided. - Food Vendor Services: Registered dietitians create diverse, fresh, nutritious meals to comply with federal guidelines childcare, schools and older adults. Offers a wide range of menu items to satisfy a wide range or customers. - Meals on Wheels: Volunteers deliver locally prepared hot meals Monday - Friday and perform a safety check for older adults unable to leave their homes. Frozen meals available for weekends, holidays, and other closure days. - Meals to Go: Provides shipped frozen homestyle meals. Each shipment includes 14 frozen meals. In addition to a nutritious meal, Senior Nutrition provides seniors: - Activities and friendly interaction - Connections with area professionals - Information about other community senior services

Provides meals Monday through Friday, times vary

Offers nutritious, balanced meals and food-service options for older adults and others across Minnesota, helping people eat well, stay healthy, and maintain independence without the burden of meal preparation. Services include: - Community Dining Centers and "Diner's Club": Hot, dietitian-designed meals served in a communal setting, great for socializing over a meal - Food Vendor Services: Acts as a food vendor supplying nutritious meals to institutions (child-care centers, schools, adult-day programs, assisted-living facilities) under programs that follow federal nutrition standards - Meals on Wheels: Home-delivered hot meals (typically Monday-Friday, with options for weekends) for older adults who may have difficulty leaving home. Delivery includes a friendly visit and a safety check - Meals to Go: Frozen, ready-to-eat meals shipped statewide, ideal for people living in rural areas or those without access to dining centers or delivery services

Provides nutritious meals to older adults and to individuals who are homebound.

Programs geared toward helping Cambodian elders and other southeast Asians in the following areas: - Applying for public benefits - English instruction - Citizenship classes, INS interviews and immigration assistance - Healthy eating promotion which reconnects participants with the eating habits of their home countries through nutrition education, development of community gardens, and meals served three days a week from a local restaurant. Serves elders from the Cambodian, Chinese, and Karen communities. - Physical activities and active living - Cultural and traditional ceremonies - Health education - Medicare application - Housing assistance - Funeral assistance - Recreational activities - Group shopping and medical appointment transportation - Translation

- Provides meals at the Clearbrook Senior Citizens Center daily - Provides home delivered meals - please call for delivery days - Delivered Monday through Friday meals - Frozen meals on weekends if needed

Offers three community centers for members of the Fond Du Lac band. All facilities feature a gymnasium, weight room, and library. The Cloquet Community Center offers a pool and hot tub. The community centers provide fun and educational activities throughout the year. Activities offered: - Adult brunch, elder lunch, and teen dinners at low cost - Bingo nights - Elder exercise - GED classes - Immersion language table - Ojibwe language table NOTE: Activities will vary from center to center

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

Provides a senior meal and meals on wheels service in partnership with Lutheran Senior Services

Offers three community centers for members of the Fond Du Lac band. All facilities feature a gymnasium, weight room, and library. The Cloquet Community Center offers a pool and hot tub. The community centers provide fun and educational activities throughout the year. Activities offered: - Adult brunch, elder lunch, and teen dinners at low cost - Bingo nights - Elder exercise - GED classes - Immersion language table - Ojibwe language table NOTE: Activities will vary from center to center

Partially funded under contract with the Central Minnesota Council on Aging as part of the Older Americans Act and administered by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Saint Cloud. Offers a senior meal at the Askov Community Center

- Congregate dining program - Social, recreational, educational, and fitness programming

Provides college students with fellowship, inexpensive meals/lunch, food pantry, worship, and basic counseling opportunities.

Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include: - Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP - Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education - Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults - Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation. - Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

Senior nutrition program in a congregate dining setting which promotes independence, dignity, good health, and nutritional well-being. Locations: - 1625 Highway 14 East in Rochester - Community Education Building, 630 1st Ave NW in Byron

- Recreational, social, and leisure activities for Stewartville seniors - Noon meal

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

Provides older adults with the opportunity to receive a home-cooked noon meal planned by registered dietitians; diabetic options available. Also offers a variety of activities, classes, and events for older adults. Activities include: - AARP Driver Safety Program - Arts and crafts - Bingo - Board games - Exercise and fitness, including guided meditations - Foot clinic - Fraud and Scam Seminar - Health insurance counseling - Legal services - Tech tutoring

Provides hot meals to adults ages 60 and over in a sit-down style lunch setting at 6 locations in Hennepin and Anoka counties. Each location is unique and may have specific dietary needs or preferences. Menus are crafted with respect to the unique cultural and religious dietary needs of the communities served. Frozen meals are available at the Anoka, Blaine, and Richfield dining sites. Menus are available online. Dining Sites: - Anoka Senior Center, 1500 6th Avenue South, Anoka, 55303, (763)427-6646; Tuesday - Friday - Centro, 1915 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, 55404, (612)874-1412; Monday - Friday; Latino dining; breakfast and lunch every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday - Jewish Community Center, 4330 Cedar Lake Road, Saint Louis Park, 55416; (952)381-3466; Monday - Friday; Kosher dining on Thursday - Lao Advancement of America, 2648 West Broadway, Minneapolis, 55411, (612)302-9154; Monday - Friday; Laotian meals on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday - Mary Ann Young Senior Center, 9150 Central Avenue NE, Blaine, 55434; (763)780-4318; Monday - Friday - Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Avenue South, Richfield, 55423, (612)812-9149; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Offers several senior nutrition programs: - Community Dining Locations: Provides affordable meals in a community atmosphere at several senior housing center locations - Dine-In or Take-out Service Options: Local restaurants offer meals throughout the day or over the lunch hour with no reservations required - Meals on Wheels Home-Deliver Options: Hot, nutritious meals are typically delivered Monday - Friday to homebound older adults. Frozen meals are available for weekends, holidays, and other closure days. Clients choose their delivery schedule (minimum of 3 meals per week). They may also choose to have a hot meal delivered daily by a volunteer or choose a combination of hot meals and frozen meals delivered on the days that work best for them. - Bundled Service Program: Nutritious frozen meals, food shelf commodities, and Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) food boxes are available to older adults living in rural areas outside of the local Meals on Wheels delivery area. 10 or 14 meal packs are delivered in Aitkin, Itasca, Lake, and Saint Louis counties. This program also serves as a safety net for participants, as check-ins are provided to the individual. In addition to nutritious meals, the service includes nutrition screening, assessment, and education. A Registered Dietician completes a nutritional analysis and approves the cycle menus. Meals comply with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and provide a minimum of 1/3 of the dietary reference intake established by the Food and Nutrition Board.

Offers different activities such as bingo, cards, and music throughout the week. Also provides meal programs, including congregate meal dining and home-delivered meals.

Provides nutrition resources to maintain and improve the health and wellness of seniors. This program includes services such as: - Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS): Adults aged 60 and older who have more mobility and are comfortable with some cooking. NAPS is a boxed program (meaning food is prescribed and prepackaged). Participants can also shop at the Food Shelf while waiting for their NAPS box. - Silver Selects: Adults 60 and older who have difficulty shopping and cooking but are able to come to CEAP once or twice each month. Each participant can receive 28 frozen meals per month and can either pick up all 28 at one time or 14 meals twice each month. Participants can also shop at the Food Shelf when picking up their frozen meals.

The following services are provided: - Assisted transportation - Congregate dining programs - Evidence-based health promotion classes - Fall prevention activities - Friendly visiting - Health education and information - Health fairs - Homemaking and chore services - Respite for caregivers - Socialization - Telephone reassurance