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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Costa
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DATE April 22, 1993
SUBJECT:
CONTRIBUTION TO HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM
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I. RECOMMENDATION:
Accept a check from Senior Home Delivered Meals of Contra
Costa Inc. for the Home Delivered Meals Program of the County
Department of Health Services - Public Health Division in the
amount of $15, 000. 00. These funds were raisedthrough the
donor organization specifically for the purchase of meals and
meal delivery equipment to maintain or expand meal delivery
services to the residences of the County's homebound elderly
by the County Home Delivered Meals Program.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This $15, 000 contribution allows the County Home Delivered
Meals Program to deliver approximately 10, 000 additional meals
to the residences of the county's homebound elderly this
fiscal year, or up to 40 additional mealseach day.
III. BACKGROUND:
Including this contribution, Senior Home Delivered Meals of
Contra Costa, Inc. has contributed $32, 000 to the County Home
Delivered Meals Program since 1991. The organization was
formed in 1990 by a coalition of public and private non-profit
agencies and advisory councils to raise charitable contribu-
tion for the purchase of additional meals and meal delivery
equipment to serve the county's homebound elderly through the
County Home Delivered Meals Program. Participating organiza-
tions are: the County Office on Aging; the County Senior
Nutrition Program; the County Advisory Council on Aging; the
Senior Nutrition Program Advisory Council; Family and
Community Services Inc. ; United Council of Spanish Speaking
Organizations, Inc. ; and West County Meals on Wheels.
The County Home Delivered Meals Program is the largest program
of its kind in Contra Costa County, delivering nearly 500 hot
nutritious daily meals to the residences of the homebound
elderly. The program has not received a significant government
funding increase in nearly eight years yethas expanded
services over 50% during that same perlp.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE S:
ACTION OF BOARD ON /��1/7 _3 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�-. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT_____j AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE.SHOWN.
Contact Person: A. Paul Kraintz, 313-6717
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Wendel Brunner, M.D. PHIL BATCHELtR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator
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