HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02072006 - C.55 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
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FROM: William B. Walker, MD, Health Services Director
Costa • Sir
DATE: January 24, 2006
County
SUBJECT: Accept Contributions to County Home Delivered Meals (Meals on Wheels) Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT a contribution of$75,125 from Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc., on behalf of the County Home
Delivered Meals (Meals on Wheels) Program, administered by the Public Health Division of Contra Costa
Health Services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contribution of $75,125 subsidizes approximately 37,600 additional nutritious daily meals delivered to
nearly 550 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 received in
private sector contributions or grants. A portion of this contribution, $5,125, 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 on-going private sector funding to bridge the gap between stagnant government
program funding levels and an ever-growing demand for, and cost of providing Meals on Wheels services for
the county's homebound elders. With this contribution, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. has donated
$1,575,825 since its inception in 1990, to subsidize approximately 880,900 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 through
the 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.; and Meals on Wheels/Family&Community Services, Inc. (dba
Senior Outreach Services).
The County Home Delivered Meals Program is the primary provider of Meals on Wheels services in Contra
Costa County, delivering over 1,045 daily meals to the residences of homebound elders throughout the county
via its network of 70 delivery routes almost entirely staffed by volunteers. Service delivery is coordinated
regionally in much of the county through contracts with two 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.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES NO XX SIGNATURE
,"RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
`APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOAR APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED � OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS:
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SUPERVISORS ONTHEDATE SHOWN.
Contact: Paul Kraintz,646-9143 ATTESTED
JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF T BOA D OF
cc: Public Health Director,597 Center,#200,Martinez SUP ERVI RS AND COUNTY A MINISTRATO
Senior Nutrition Program, 1330 Arnold Drive#252,Martinez
Health Services Director,50 Douglas or,Martinez
Aging&Adult Services,Employment&Human Services Dept. BY: DE UTY