HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06061995 - 1.59 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: May 25, 1995 County
SUBJECT: Approve Submission of Funding Application #28-569 to the United
States Department of Health and Human Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-569 to the United States
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services,
Community Food & Nutrition Program, in the amount of $50, 000, for the
period from July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996, for the Food Resources
Enhancement Project.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application will result in $50, 000 from the U. S.
Department of Health and Human Services, during the period from July
14. 1995 through June 30, 1996, for the Food Resources Enhancement
Project. No County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONSIBACKGROUND:
The goal of the Food Resources Enhancement Project is to improve
nutritional status among elderly, working poor, and low-income
families by increasing access to a healthy diet. The project will
increase food access to this population through coordination between
public and private food assistance programs; increasing outreach to
low-income household regarding public and non-profit resources;
increasing participation by low-income residents in the SHARE program;
and increasing access to fruits and vegetables for residents in
Richmond and Pittsburg.
-:Four certifked- -and sealed7 copies of the Board Order authorizing
submission of the application should be returned to the Contracts and
Grants Unit for submission to the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: x,
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APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON U APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
V 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
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED 9
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
P ' Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administratu
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