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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Date:	September 20, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

California Department of Aging, Senior Nutrition Infrastructure Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/20/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor

Contact:

L. Pacheco (925) 608-4963

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 20, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

AADOPT Resolution No. 2022/320 approving and authoring the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to apply for and accept grant funding from the California Department of Aging in an amount not to exceed $1,222,039 for the Home and Community Based Services Senior Nutrition Infrastructure grant program for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

If the grant application is successful, the County will receive funding in the amount of $1,122,039 from the California Department of Aging, which is funded 100% by State funding from Home and Community Based Services – Senior Nutrition Infrastructure. No County match is required. The County to retain 10% maximum allowable portion of the grant, totaling $112,203 for administration. Appropriations and revenue adjustment for this new grant will be made during FY 2022-23.

BACKGROUND:

In 2021, California Legislature approved $40 million under the Mello-Grandlund Older Californians Act to support the capacity and infrastructure needs of senior nutrition programs throughout the state. The HCBS SNI grant resulted from this legislation, and County received notification from CDA that it had been approved for $1,122,039 in SNI grant to provide one-time support to help improve the capacity and infrastructure of senior nutrition programs in Contra Costa. The SNI grant funding period is July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. As the administrator the County’s Older Americans Act Title IIIC Elderly Nutrition Program, which includes home-delivered and congregate meal services, the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), a division in EHSD’s Aging and Adult Services Bureau, will apply for the SNI funding with CDA and oversee the vetting, procurement, management, and monitoring of projects funded under the SNI grant. SNI offers an opportunity for the AAA to enhance the viability and increase the capacity of its community-based senior nutrition program partners that serve the nutritional needs, provide critical well checks, and encourage social connections of eligible older persons, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers in Contra Costa.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the SNI grant, the County forgoes this one-time opportunity for EHSD to improve and address the capacity and infrastructure needs of Contra Costa’s senior nutrition program.