Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, Health System
Cassius Lockett, Director, Public Health, Policy and Planning
Subject: Agreement with the AIDS Community Research Consortium for a Food Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with the AIDS Community Research Consortium to provide a food program for the term of March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $125,000.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County STD/HIV Program (SMSH) has received federal funding through the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) to provide a food program to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. The goal of the food program is to provide HIV/AIDS clients with nutritional foods, information, and support that will enable them to stay healthy as long as possible.
DISCUSSION:
The AIDS Community Research Consortium (ACRC) has been successfully providing food services to HIV/AIDS clients since 1998. This program has enabled numerous HIV/AIDS clients to obtain proper nutrition, maintain stable and healthier lifestyles, keep medical appointments, and adhere to increasingly complex medication regimens. A request for proposals for food services was released in February 2017, and ACRC was the sole participant chosen by the selection committee with a proposal to provide food services. The selection committee reviewed the proposal and determined that the proposal met service requirements.
Delays in the authorization of federal funding prevented CCSF from sending SMSH a formal grant notice until late July 2018.
The AIDS Community Research Consortium (ACRC) has been successfully providing food services to HIV/AIDS clients since 1998. This program has enabled numerous HIV/AIDS clients to obtain proper nutrition, maintain stable and healthier lifestyles, keep medical appointments, and adhere to increasingly complex ...
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