Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Nina Rhee, Director, Aging and Adult Services
Subject: Funding Agreement with the California Department of Aging for the Modernizing Older Californians Act Nutrition Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of the Area Agency on Aging for the County of San Mateo, adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to enter into funding agreement(s) with the California Department of Aging to accept Modernizing Older Californians Act Nutrition funding; and
B) The Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to execute provider agreements, during or for the term of July 1, 2023, through March 31, 2029, in a total amount not to exceed $2,804,654.
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BACKGROUND:
This Board, acting as the Governing Board for the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), approves the acceptance of funding from the California Department of Aging (CDA) for AAA programs.
The Great Plates Delivered program and the program's end in July 2021 revealed a significant number of food insecure older adults in the County. Some of the older adults and adults with disabilities with nutrition needs after the pandemic cannot be absorbed into current senior nutrition programs. The Modernizing Older Californians Act (MOCA) Nutrition pilot funding will help ensure that these seniors' nutrition needs are met.
Aging and Adult Services (AAS), the County's AAA, already contracts with a variety of community-based agencies to implement programs that achieve the Area Plan's goals and objectives with Older Americans Act (OAA) funding.
In February 2022, AAS issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the provision of OAA services to older adults and adults with disabilities for the term of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026. The RFP Evaluation Committee selected 21 community...
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