FY27 Home Delivered Meals (Non-Formula and Formula) State Funding

The Illinois Department on Aging is providing state funding for Home Delivered Meals (Non-Formula and Formula) to support older adults who cannot leave their homes and cannot personally prepare nutritious meals. The goal of this program is to provide nutritious meals to homebound older adults. Key responsibilities of the grantee will include delivering meals, reporting on program performance, and ensuring that meals meet the daily recommended dietary allowances. The funding for this program is approximately $63,300,000, with individual awards ranging from $1,006,470 to $13,818,390. Eligible applicants include Area Agencies on Aging within the state of Illinois. • Meals must provide at least one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. • Grantees must submit Periodic Performance, Periodic Financial, and Program Performance Detail Service Reports on specific dates. • The grantee is required to have a matching component.