To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: 40-557-1 Title IIIC Senior Nutrition Program with Meals on Wheels West Diablo Region Amendment
☒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 amendment with Meals on Wheels Diablo Region reflecting a change in the type of meals delivered, with no change to the payment limit of $700,002 or term through June 30, 2026, to deliver the Older Americans Act Title IIIC-2 Senior Nutrition Home Delivered Meals Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County funded through Measure X funding; which is budgeted in FY 25-26.
BACKGROUND:
On July 23, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Consent Item C.29. authorizing 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 (OAA) Title IIIC-2 Senior Nutrition Home Delivered Meals Program for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
This contract will be amended to increase OAA Title IIIC-2 Home Delivered Meal service units with no change to the payment limit of $700,002. Rather than delivering breakfast bags in 2025-2026, Contractor will be delivering nutritious frozen meals.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, Meals on Wheels Diablo Region will not be able to increase much needed Senior Nutrition services for older adults 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, "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing.”