Additional reasons for needing home delivered meals service, called conditions of need, are specified as eligibility requirements. To meet the conditions of need requirement for home delivered meals service, a person must need the service for all of the following reasons:
- (1) The person is homebound.
- (2) The person is permanently or temporarily incapacitated so that the person is unable to prepare meals.
- (3) There is no family member or other responsible person available and willing, on an on-going or temporary basis, to prepare meals for the person.
- (4) There is no alternative means of providing nutritious meals to the person in the home during the time for which the service is requested.