To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract # 40-557-0 Meals on Wheels Diablo Region
☒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 $700,002 to provide home delivered meals under the Older Americans Act Title IIIC-2 Senior Nutrition Home Delivered Meals Program for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$700,002: Funded by 100% Measure X Funds; of which $350,001 is budgeted in FY 24-25 and $350,001 will be budgeted in FY 25-26.
BACKGROUND:
On November 3, 2020, Contra Costa County voters approved Measure X, a countywide 20-year half cent sales tax with the intent to keep Contra Costa’s regional hospital open and staffed; fund community health centers, emergency response; support crucial safety-net services; invest in early childhood services; and protect vulnerable populations. Title IIIC-2 Home Delivered Meals Program serves vulnerable Contra Costa residents aged 60 or older who are homebound, disabled, or isolated by providing nutritious home delivered meals. Under this Contract, a total of 84,420 meals will be provided.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports the fourth community outcome of Contra Costa County’s Children’s Report Card: Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, fewer older adults will receive nutritious home delivered meals.