If you know anyone age 60 or older in Divide, McKenzie or Williams counties, think about congregate or home-delivered meals for them.
Eligible clients:
*Individuals age 60 and older and their spouses, regardless of age.
Individuals under age 60 (except for spouses) may receive a meal only when it will not deprive an eligible client the opportunity to receive a meal.
Individuals under age 60 (except for spouses) must pay the full cost of the meal unless one of the three criteria listed below is met:
*Volunteers under age 60 providing meal services during meal hours - they must help in the kitchen or dining room or in delivery of home-delivered meals that day in order to be eligible.
*Individuals with disabilities under age 60. The contract entity may make nutrition services available to individuals with disabilities under age 60 who reside in a housing facility primarily occupied by older individuals where there is a Title III congregate meal site when provision of the service does not prevent the participation of individuals age 60 and older and their spouse.If home-delivered meals are offered at the meal site, the individual with a disability under age 60 must meet eligibility. The individual is only eligible to receive nutrition services that are provided at the housing facility where he or she resides. Specific housing facility meal sites: Watford City Senior Center, Prairie View, Bethel Heritage Manor and the new Williston Senior Apartment Homes, 24th Ave. W.
*Individuals under the age of 60 with disabilities residing with eligible clients
There are meal sites in Noonan, Crosby, Watford City and Williston.
Home-delivered meals criteria include:
Client must be homebound because of physical incapacity, mental or social conditions, or isolation. A person is considered homebound when one or more of the following exist:
Limited physical mobility;
Emotional or psychological impairments that prohibit participation at a congregate site;
Remote geographic location where no congregate meal site exists; or
Remote geographic location that prohibits accessing the meal site due to transportation issues. (meals have been shipped to persons in remote geographic locations)
Eligibility for home-delivered meals must be determined using the SAMS Home-Delivered Meal Program Registration form. Initial determination of eligibility by the Williston Senior Center may be accomplished by telephone. Within two weeks after beginning meal service, the Williston Senior Center must complete a home visit and the SAMS Home-Delivered Meal Program Registration form must be completed to verify eligibility.
Clients are provided the opportunity to contribute to the cost of services received. Any form of periodic correspondence resembling a billing for number of services received by a client is prohibited. No client is denied service due to inability or unwillingness to contribute. A suggested contribution schedule that considers the income ranges of older individuals may be developed. Means tests shall not be used for any service supported by Older Americans Act funds. Service contributions for nutrition services are used to expand nutrition services. Service contributions for nutrition services may include food stamps.
Each service provider must choose to do one of the following: 1) Publicly display at service locations and provide to clients served at home, the full cost of the nutrition service, with information indicating that clients may, but are not required to contribute for the nutrition service; or 2) Publicly display at service locations and provide to clients served at home, the full cost of the nutrition service and the suggested contribution, with information indicating that clients may, but are not required to contribute for the nutrition service. Measures are taken to protect the privacy of each client with respect to his or her contribution.
Ineligible participants are required to pay the full cost of the nutrition service.
Drop off or mail the registration forms to Williston Council for the Aging, Inc., 18 Main St., Williston, ND 58801 or fax to 701-577-7364 and call them at 701-577-6751 (enter the name of the meal site that they want to participate in at the bottom of the form) and ask for the phone number for that particular site so the consumer can call to make a reservation each day before they want to eat. The meal sites are open 3-5 days a week for congregate; (has to be a minimum of 3 days for congregate sites) and the home-delivered meals must be offered as a minimum of 5 days a week. They sometimes offer frozen meals for the weekends and holidays for the home-delivered meals clients.
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