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Behavioral health programs

Meals for residential treatment programs. No kitchen required.

Restaurant quality, dietitian-approved meals delivered to your program. Individually portioned, CARF-compliant, and ready to serve in minutes. So your staff can focus on patient care.

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Launch in as little as 4 days

Find the right meal solution for your program

Trusted by residential programs across the country
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The problem

Most residential programs are stuck with bad options.

On-site kitchens are costly to permit and slow to staff. Catering is unreliable. Delivery apps were never built for clinical settings. There's a better way.

On-site kitchen: costly

Commercial kitchen build-out, permitting delays, and full-time kitchen staff before you serve a single meal.

With CookUnity

No commercial kitchen needed. We handle meals from our facilities. Your team just heats and serves.

Catering: unreliable

Soggy food, limited variety, and resident complaints on repeat.

With CookUnity

Chef-crafted meals residents actually eat. No soggy wraps. No repeated menus.

Delivery apps: unmanageable

A chaotic per-order system with no structure and no compliance oversight.

With CookUnity

A structured, predictable, CARF-compliant meal program built for clinical settings.

Why it works

It's only nutrition if they eat it.

Our network of 180+ award-winning chefs creates meals residents look forward to. When the food is good, adherence follows.

180+

Award-winning chefs

300+

Rotating dishes

25+

Cuisines

10+

Therapeutic diets

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Chef John Delucie
Modern Italian Cuisine

One of 180+ chefs building the rotating menu your residents choose from every week, across 25+ cuisines and 10+ therapeutic diets.

How it works

We get programs up and running fast.

Tell us about your program

Resident count, program type, and the diets your population needs.

We build your compliant meal program

RD-designed cycle menus built to your accreditation standards from day one.

Meals arrive ready to heat and serve

Fresh meals on your program's cadence, every time. No special equipment required.

Open on time

Launch in as little as 4 days. No construction, no permits, no waiting on a kitchen build-out.

Stay compliant

RD-designed menus meet your accreditation standards from day one.

Free your staff

No more case managers managing food. They focus on patients. We handle the rest.

"When people are hungry, they aren't going to engage in case meetings or mental health services. Providing good food isn't optional. It's foundational to our care."
[Name Placeholder], Program Director, [Program Placeholder]
The CookUnity difference

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

No commercial kitchen required

Launch your program without permitting delays or kitchen infrastructure. We bring the food service to you.

Flexible census-based ordering

Scale up or down as your resident count changes. No long-term contracts, no minimums.

CARF and licensure compliant

RD-led cycle menus built to Joint Commission, CARF, or state requirements.

CookUnity vs the alternatives

See why programs are replacing kitchens and catering with CookUnity.

 CookUnityOn-site kitchen
Kitchen requiredNone requiredStaff and equipment required
Dietitian oversightIncludedNot included
Resident satisfaction>95%Frequent complaints
Questions

Everything program directors ask before getting started.

Do we need an on-site kitchen to work with CookUnity?+
No. That's the point. CookUnity is designed for programs without commercial kitchens, or programs looking to eliminate theirs. Meals arrive chilled and individually portioned, ready to heat and serve in 2 minutes.
Are your menus CARF-compliant, and will they hold up during a survey?+
Yes. Our registered dietitians design cycle menus built to CARF, Joint Commission, and state licensure standards. Every meal includes full nutritional labeling.
How quickly can we get started?+
Programs have launched in as little as 4 days from first conversation to first delivery. We'll work around your opening date or transition timeline.
Can you accommodate therapeutic diets, allergies, and resident preferences?+
Yes. We support 10+ therapeutic diets, including low-sodium, high-protein, plant-based, diabetic-friendly, and allergen-specific needs, rotating across 25+ cuisines.
What program types do you serve?+
Residential treatment programs, detox facilities, crisis stabilization units, IOPs with meal components, supportive housing, and psychiatric residential programs, across mental health, substance use disorder, and co-occurring conditions.
Ready to feed your residents

Let's build a meal program around your program.

Tell us about your program and resident count. We'll put together a compliant meal plan built for your population.

"CookUnity helped us open on time despite kitchen permitting delays. It reduced staff burden and protected patient care during launch."
[Name Placeholder], Operations Director