Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Peggy Jensen, Deputy County Manager
Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lisa Mancini, Director, Aging and Adult Services
Subject: Addressing Food Insecurity for Older Adults in San Mateo County After the End of the Great Plates Delivered Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to execute agreements with current Older Americans Act program contractors to address the ongoing nutritional needs of older adults in San Mateo County during or for the term July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 for a total amount not to exceed $3,900,000.
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BACKGROUND:
On April 24, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Great Plates Delivered (GPD) program, a prepared meals delivery service. For the last year, the GPD program has helped seniors and other adults at high risk of COVID-19 stay home and stay healthy by delivering three nutritious meals a day to their homes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which authorized and fully funded the GPD program, has announced that funding will end on July 9, 2021. As of June 6, 2021, San Mateo County had served 4,683 older adults with 2.6 million meals through 84 local meal providers at a total cost of $58,000,000.
The Center on Budget Policy Priorities, using real-time data from the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, has reported high rates of economic hardship, including increased food insecurity that have resulted from the unprecedented health and economic crisis of COVID-19. When GPD ends, an estimated 1,200 San Mateo County older adults currently served by the program and who have suffered negative economic impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have unmet nutritional needs. Approximately 700 clients will need grocery deliveries and...
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