Meals on Wheels in Santa Clara County

A directory listing, not an eligibility decision.

UniHealth can identify a possible match, but the responsible program makes the final decision.

What to know

Why it may fit: Your circumstances can be checked against the program’s published guidelines.
What to do next: Meals brought to your home if you are 60 or older and have trouble leaving home. Sourcewise delivers 5 frozen meals once a week. Some neighborhoods have other meal providers. Donations are welcome but never required. With Medi-Cal, you can also ask your health plan about meals for a long-term health problem.
Who runs it: Sourcewise / local provider

What the program may consider

Age 60 or older or program exception
You are homebound (bed-bound; in a wheelchair and living alone; or living alone and unable to leave home without help or only with difficulty), and you live alone, cannot prepare your own meals because of disability, or have no one available to prepare meals
Local meal and service assessment

How to get it

Meals brought to your home if you are 60 or older and have trouble leaving home. Sourcewise delivers 5 frozen meals once a week. Some neighborhoods have other meal providers. Donations are welcome but never required. With Medi-Cal, you can also ask your health plan about meals for a long-term health problem.

How to apply

Sourcewise Meals on Wheels request

A family member or helper can send it for you, with your OK. There is nothing to sign.

Online formSourcewise Meals on Wheels formFill it out for yourself or for someone else.
PhoneSourcewise information line: (408) 350-3200Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ask for the program you need.
PhoneCalifornia aging services line: 1-800-510-2020Finds the local aging office that serves your area.
PhoneSanta Clara Family Health Plan Medi-Cal member services: 1-800-260-2055Members can call to ask for these services.

Getting help

Someone can refer you, with your permission

A family member or helper can fill out the Sourcewise form for you, with your OK. The form asks who is applying. There is nothing to sign. Sourcewise then calls you or your caregiver.

What happens after you apply

You or a helper send the Meals on Wheels form online, or call Sourcewise.
The program or provider
A nutrition coordinator calls to ask about your health, daily tasks and kitchen. A caregiver can help answer.
The program or providerA helper can help with thisWithin 1 business day of your request.
Sourcewise decides if you qualify. You must be 60 or older, live in the county, and have trouble leaving home. You must need help with 2 or more daily tasks, like bathing, or have memory problems. You must live alone, or with a spouse who also has trouble leaving home.
The program or provider
Meals come once a week, on the same day, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Someone must be home to take them. A neighbor can take them if you arrange it ahead. Meals come frozen. Sourcewise can lend you a microwave. The menu is set and cannot change for special diets.
The program or providerA helper can help with thisAs soon as 5 to 7 days after the intake call.
Staff visit your home to confirm you qualify. Meals can stop if you do not. With a neighborhood meal provider, this visit comes before meals start.
The program or providerOnly you can do thisWithin 2 weeks after meals start.

What only you can do

Talk with the nutrition coordinator, or have your caregiver help.
Let staff visit your home to check that you qualify.
Be home for each delivery, or arrange for a neighbor to take your meals.
Give 48 hours' notice to pause or cancel a delivery.
Show ID if staff ask to check your age.

How long it takes: About 1 to 2 weeks from your request, if there is no waitlist.
You are enrolled when: You are enrolled when your first weekly delivery arrives. It is final after the home visit confirms you qualify.
To keep it: Staff check in every 3 months by phone or visit. They visit your home at least once a year. A pause of more than 3 weeks in a row ends service. Two missed deliveries can also end it. If service ends, you get a letter and can file a complaint. Sourcewise suggests $3 a day by check. You are never turned away for not giving.

Can’t be combined with

Senior Nutrition meal sites. You can be in only one senior meal program at a time. To get home-delivered meals, you leave your meal site program.

Coming changes

Starting January 1, 2027: Starting January 1, 2027, people without a qualifying immigration status leave Medi-Cal health plans. They can no longer get meals through a plan.