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FROM: William Walker,M.D.,Health Services Director _ Costa
DATE: July 10, 2008 °� W County
SUBJECT: Accept Contributions to County Home Delivered Meals(Meals on Wheels)Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION PF
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ACCEPT contributions of up to $850,000 during fiscal year 2008-09 (July 12008 —June 30, 2009) on behalf
of the County Senior Nutrition (Meals on Wheels), from Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc to reimburse
the county for daily meals, delivery and related costs, and;for emergency meals provided to Meals on Wheels
participants.
FISCAL IMPACT:
These contributions will subsidize approximately 200,006 nutritious daily meals delivered to 800 additional
homebound elders at their residences, and 15,000 emergency meals during FY 2008-09, through the
countywide Meals on Wheels Program, administered by.the Public Health Division of Contra Costa Health
Services Program. Voluntary Meals on Wheels participant contributions provide financial leverage that
allows one additional meal to be delivered for each $4.00 received in private sector contributions or grants.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATIONN:
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. is a charitable nonprofit coalition of public and private nonprofit
organizations, founded in 1990 by two County managers, from the Health Services and Employment and
Human Services Departments, to develop an on-going stable private funding source for Meals on Wheels
services in our county. Thus bridging the gap between available government program services funding, and
the growing homebound elderly population'in Contra Costa County who need Meals on Wheels.
With these contributions, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. will have donated a total of$3,425,400 to
the program since 1990, to subsidize approximately 1,450,100 daily meals and 29,800 emergency meals
delivered to the residences of homebound elders throughout.Contra Costa Cou y.
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-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1w) AND ENTERED ON HE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: . ABSTAIN:
Contact Person: Paul Kraintz(646-9143) ATTESTED _
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JOHN CULLEN, CLEM OF THE WARD OF
CC: Public Health Director,597 Center Ave,Martinez SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senior Nutrition Program,1330 Arnold Drive #252,Martinez
Health Services Director,50 Douglas Dr, Martinez BY "--'— , DEPUTY
Aging&Adult Services,Employment&Human Services Dept.
Board Order
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Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc., is the only organization that raises funds specifically to provide
meals for homebound elders served by the. countywide Meals on Wheels Program which account for over
98%of all Meals on Wheels deliveries in Contra Costa County.
Organizations represented on the Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. Board of Directors include: the
Aging and Adult Services Bureau of the Employment & Human Services Department; the County Senior
Nutrition Program in Health Services-Public Health; the County Advisory Council on Aging; the Senior
Nutrition Program Advisory Council; West County Meals on Wheels, Inc; Meals on Wheels\Senior Outreach
Services Inc.; and,the Shell Oil Martinez Refinery; in addition to community members at large.
The County Meals on Wheels Program currently delivers 1,189 daily meals to the residences of homebound
elders via a network of 70 delivery routes staffed almost entirely by volunteer drivers. Service delivery is
coordinated regionally in our county through contracts with three private non-profit community-based
agencies, including West County Meals on Wheels,Meals on Whcels/Senior Outreach Services and Public
Health Foundation Enterprises. The County Health Services-Public Health Division procures and monitors.
all program meals, and provides program direction and monitoring countywide.
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