HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09192006 - C.51 �.b:. Contra
TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Costa
FROM: William B. Walker, MD, Health Services Director
County
DATE:
SUBJECT: Accept Contributions to County Home Delivered Meals (Meals on Wheels) Program C. S
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT a contribution of $100,175 from Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc., on behalf of the County
Senior Nutrition (Meals on Wheels) Program, administered by the Public Health Division of Contra Costa
Health Services.
FISCAL IMPACT: .
This contribution of$100,175 subsidizes approximately 44,500 additional nutritious daily meals delivered to
700 additional homebound elders at their residences this calendar quarter through the countywide Meals on
Wheels Program. Substantial voluntary contributions from program clients provide sufficient financial leverage
to allow one additional meal to be delivered to a homebound elder for each $2.25 received in private sector
contributions or grants. A portion of this contribution, $6,425, reimburses the county for fundraising
development costs incurred on behalf of the Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa.
BACKGROUND:
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. is a charitable non-profit coalition of public and private organizations,
founded in 1990 by two County managers from the Health Services and Employment and Human Services
Departments,to develop an on-going and stable source of private sectorfunding for Meals on Wheels services
for homebound elders in Contra Costa County. Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. bridges the gap
between stagnant government funding for program services and an ever-growing demand for nutritious daily .
meals for the county's homebound elders. With this contribution, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. has
donated a total of$1,751,125 to the program since 1990 to subsidize approximately 963,000 meals delivered
to the residences of homebound elders throughout Contra Costa County. Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa,
Inc., is the only organization in our county raising funds specifically to provide meals delivered to homebound
elders served by countywide Meals on Wheels Program.
Organizations represented on the Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. Board of Directors include: Aging
and Adult Services Bureau (Employment & Human Services Department); County Senior Nutrition Program
(Health Services-Public Health); County Advisory Council on Aging; Senior Nutrition Program Advisory
Council; West County Meals on Wheels, Inc.; Meals on Wheels/Family & Community Services, Inc. (dba
Senior Outreach Services); Shell Oil Martinez Refinery; in addition to members at large.
The County Senior Nutrition Program is the primary provider of Meals on Wheels services in Contra Costa
County, delivering over 1,060 daily meals to the residences of homebound elders via its network of 70 delivery
routes staffed almost entirely by volunteer drivers. Service delivery is coordinated regionally in much of the
county through contracts with three private non-profit community-based agencies. The County Health
Services-Public Health Division procures and monitors all program meals, and provides program direction and
monitoring countywide.
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AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Paul Kraintz,646-9143 ATTESTED 9h�/<:W6
JOHN CULLEN CLE <OF TH BOARD OF
cc: Public Health Director,597 Center,#200,Martinez SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senior Nutrition Program, 1330 Arnold Drive#252,Martinez
Health Services Director,50 Douglas Dr,Martinez
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