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MEALS on WHEELS ORANGE COUNTY Procedures for Take Home Meals (Frozen) Take Home Meals are frozen meals that can be safely stored in the freezer. Each Take Home Meal includes a frozen entree, chilled milk, and accompanying components. 1. Meals on Wheels OC will be providing frozen meals to participants in response to social distancing for COVID-19. Participants will be asked to go to their Lunch Cafe site and pick up meals. Meals will be accompanied with instructions on how the participant may safely transport, store, and consume the meals. 2. Participants must meet the eligibility requirements for Lunch Cafe Meals as indicated in the Lunch Cafe Program Eligibility and Contribution Policy. All eligible individuals will be given the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution for Take Home Meals. New Participants must complete the Lunch Cafe intake process. Participants or their surrogates (see below) may be given a flyer informing them of the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution at our website if a voluntary contribution box is not out during the Take Home distribution times. 3. Priority for distribution of meals will go to current registered participants of the Lunch Cafe Program, followed by current unregistered participants, followed by new participants. If there is no line, then distribution of meals will be given on a first come first serve basis. Nutritional risk scores will not be used to determine priority. 4. Five meals per day per Lunch Cafe participant may be served as long as no senior is denied a meal. If the demand for Take Home Meals is high on a day when multiple meals per participant will be provided and there are not enough for every participant, the Take Home Meals will be split up and each participant will be given fewer meals (e.g., 3 each instead of 5 each so we can serve more participants). 5. A surrogate may pick up a registered participant's Take Home Meal if they provide the participant's full first and last name and address. A surrogate may pick up an unregistered or new participant's Take Home Meal if they show the participant's driver's license or other identification. 6. Participants receiving a Take Home Meal will be signed on the Sign -In Sheet by the designated site staff/volunteer. Daily Participants Sign -In Sheet procedures will be followed. 7. Once all participants have received the designated number of Take Home Meals and seconds are available, participants seeking second Take Home Meals may Pale 2 of 5