Services for Seniors

Services for Seniors provides a variety of services designed to help low-income senior citizens. The services we provide help maximize their independence, provide security, and combat isolation. Each year more than 4,000 seniors receive support that enables them to live independently in the homes they love and to maintain their health and dignity. Services for Seniors is free to those who qualify. Call (801) 887-1275 and request an outreach specialist for more information. Eligibility guidelines for each service are provided for each program.

Home Repair and Security
Utah Food Bank provides critical minor home repairs such as: repairing leaky toilets, faucets, electrical outlets, servicing swamp coolers, changing furnace filters, installing grab bars and exterior painting of homes (only offered annually through the paint-a-thon). The Home Repair project can also improve the security of homes by installing deadbolts, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and peepholes.

Eligibility:
Income Limits: 1 person, $1,788 a month
2 persons, $2,046 a month
60+ years old, or younger for persons with disabilities
Must be legal homeowner

Yard Care
Provides lawn mowing and snow removal for senior homeowners. Volunteers provide seasonal projects such as spring/summer yard maintenance, fall leaf raking and snow shoveling.

Eligibility:
60+ years old
No income requirement necessary
Unable to do yard work or find help from family, friends, neighbors, and/or other support groups

Food Assistance
Utah Food Bank volunteers will deliver monthly supplemental food boxes to seniors or people with disabilities who are homebound and unable to access the emergency food network. About a week's worth of non-perishable food is delivered along with milk and fresh produce when available. This program accommodates those with special diets such as low-sodium and diabetic diets.

Eligibility:
Income Limits: 1 person, $1,225 a month
2 persons, $1,650 a month
60+ years old, or younger for persons with disabilities
Unable to easily access food
Does not have access to a vehicle
Does not have able bodied persons living in the home

To contact our Services for Seniors program, call (801) 887-1275.