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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Cwt
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By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato Costa
DATE: September 15, 1994 County
SUBJECT: Approve Submission of Funding Application #28-562 to the United
States Department of Agriculture
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-562 to the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Food and Nutrition Service, in the
amount of $200, 000, for the period from September 30, 1994 through
September 29, 1996, for the Cooperative Nutrition Education Project.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application will result in $200, 000 from the USDA,
during the period from September 30, 1994 through September 29, 1996,
for the Cooperative Nutrition Education Project. No County match is
required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
The goal of the Cooperative Nutrition Education Project (CNEP) is to
improve nutritional well-being and reduce risk for chronic disease
among food stamp household members, school meal participants, and
children participating in the Child Care Council ' s Child Care Food
Program, through the establishment and maintenance of a cooperative
nutrition education service.
The CNEP will allow the Department' s Prevention Program and the Food
and Nutrition Policy Consortium to provide nutrition education to
Contra Costa County food assistance recipients through classes and
workshops, as well as through existing community channels, such as
schools and food distribution sites.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has been
forwarded to the USDA, but subject to approval by the Board of
Supervisors. Four certified and sealed copies of the Board Order
authorizing submission of the application should be returned to the
Contracts and Grants Unit.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: ,
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEATIO OF BOARD COM ITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) SEP 2 7 1&C C: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
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