Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lizelle Lirio de Luna, Director, Family Health Services
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with the California Department of Public Health for Nutrition Education Given by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education Grant
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of Health or her designee to execute an amendment to the agreement with the California Department of Public Health for nutrition education given by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education Grant, increasing the amount by $99,909, to an amount not to exceed $2,006,727.
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BACKGROUND:
In San Mateo County, it is estimated that nearly one in four (24%) low-income children are overweight or obese (Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System Data, 2010). Furthermore, the latest California Health Interview Survey (2014) reflects that 66% of all adult residents in the County are also overweight or obese. The Get Healthy San Mateo Task Force and the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Project (NEOP) are actively working to reduce obesity in the County. NEOP is a part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education initiative that provides federal funds to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and access to nutritious foods to reduce the incidence of chronic disease in low-income communities. San Mateo County has been a grantee since 1998.
In July 2016, your Board approved the acceptance of a grant award agreement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education from the California Department of Public Health in the amount of $1,906,818 for the term of October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2019.
DISCUSSION:
NEOP funding is being used to implement comprehensive local nutrition education and obesity-prevention programs. The grant ag...
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