To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract #40-530-4 (AAS) Trio Community Meals, LLC
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Trio Community Meals, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $4,990,821 to provide Older Americans Act Title III-C Senior Nutrition Program meal services to eligible seniors for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
38% Federal (Older Americans Act), 12% State (Modernizing Older Americans Act), 50% County (12% Measure X and 38% County Nutrition Fund), all of which is budgeted in FY 25/26.
BACKGROUND:
Trio Community Meals (Contractor) produces meals that are provided to older adults who are participants in the Employment and Human Services Aging & Adult Services home delivered and congregate meals programs.
On July 23, 2024, the Board approved a Contract (C.31) in the amount of $3,132,067 for the Older Americans Act Title II-C Senior Nutrition Program for term July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. On December 17, 2024, the Board approved a contract amendment (C.90) to revise the Service Plan with no change to the payment limit or term. On June 24, 2025, the Board approved a second contract amendment (25-2533) to increase the payment limit by $286,377.
This action is to approve a contract renewal for term July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for the Contractor to continue to provide meals under Title III-C Senior Nutrition Program.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, this Contractor will not be able to provide much needed Senior Nutrition services for older adults in Contra Costa County.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports one (1) of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card: (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing."