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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: William B.Walker, MD, Health Services Director
DATE: December 6, 2006 County C01
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SUBJECT: Accept Contributions to County Home Delivered Meals(Meals on Wheels) Program
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SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS)-.
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.This contribution will provide the 1 Millionth Meal subsidized by Meals on Wheels of Contra
Costa, Inc, and delivered to the residence of a homebound elder by the County Meals on Wheels Program.
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. Voluntary Meals on Wheels client contributions provide the financial leverage that allows
one additional meal to be delivered for each$2.25 received in private sector contributions or grants.
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 sector funding 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$1,851,300 to the program
since 1990, to subsidize approximately 1.007,500 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 that raises funds specifically to provide meals homebound elders delivered by the countywide Meals on
Wheels Program. Homebound elders account for 99%of all Meals on Wheels deliveries in our 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\Family & Community
Services(dba Senior Outreach Services);and,the Shell Oil Martinez Refinery;in addition to members at large.
The County Senior Nutrition Program is the lead agency providing Meals on Wheels services in Contra Costa
County.The County Meals on Wheels Program delivers 1,060 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 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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Contact: Paul Kraintz,646-9143 ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN,CL RK OF THE 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 or,Martinez
Aging&Adult Services,Employment&Human Services Dept. BY ,DEPUTY