To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract #40-487-5 (AAS) Meals on Wheels Diablo Region for CalFresh Healthy Living Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
☒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 Meals on Wheels Diablo Region, in an amount not to exceed $276,947 to deliver the CalFresh Healthy Living Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention services for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Federally funded through an agreement with the California Department of Aging’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed); of which 75% is budgeted in FY 25-26 and 25% will be budgeted in FY 26-27.
BACKGROUND:
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region provides evidence-based Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) nutrition education and obesity prevention services to low-income older adults in Contra Costa County, age sixty (60) years or older, at eligible sites.
On September 24, 2024 (Item C.52), the Board approved a contract with the Vendor in an amount not to exceed $276,947 to provide SNAP-Ed services for the term October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
On July 8, 2025 (Item C.34), the Board approved an amendment to increase the payment limit by $239,434 and to provide additional SNAP-Ed services for a new payment limit of $516,381 with no change to the term.
This action is to continue the SNAP-Ed services for a new term of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
This Contract conforms to the procurement guidelines outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, the CalFresh Healthy Living SNAP-Ed program will not be delivered in Contra Costa County.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports the fourth of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card, “4. Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing.”