SR-302-001 (30)
City Council Meeting: September 14, 2004 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Grant Applications for Senior Nutrition and
Recreation Program
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing
the submittal of a grant application to the County of Los Angeles Department of
Community and Senior Services for funding for FY 2004/2005 and authorizing the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with the County for provision of services to
the elderly through the City's Senior Nutrition and Recreation Program.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Monica has sponsored the Senior Nutrition and Recreation Program
for the past 27 years. Every four years the County conducts an open competitive bid
process for program service, with renewal applications submitted in subsequent years.
Fiscal year 2004/2005 is a renewal year.
Programs funded through Los Angeles County are the Congregate Meals Program,
Home Delivered Meals Program and Telephone Reassurance Program. Revenue for
these programs comes from this Los Angeles County grant, the Nutritional Services
Incentive Program (N.S.I.P.), (formerly the United States Department of Agriculture),
participant donations, Meals on Wheels West and the City's General Fund. The City is
required to provide a minimum 15% local match for each program, and provisions to do
so are already in place.
During FY 2003/2004, the Congregate Meals Program was funded to serve meals each
week-day at four sites: Reed Park, Ken Edwards Center, the Senior Recreation Center
and WISE Day Care Center, plus Saturday service at the Senior Recreation Center.
The actual service level was approximately 2,460 meals per month. The suggested
donation for the Congregate Meals Program is $1.75 per meal, with an average actual
donation of $0.80 per meal. During FY 2004/2005, the County is allocating funding for
approximately 3,000 meals per month for the Congregate Meals Program. Our
reimbursement rate is $3.11 per meal from the County and $0.54 per meal from the
N.S.I.P.
As of July 1994, the City subcontracted its Home Delivered Meals Program to Meals on
Wheels West. This arrangement is a cost effective and productive method of providing
this service, given the organization's experience and broader program in delivering
meals to homebound seniors. During FY 2003/2004, the Home Delivered Meals
Program operated seven days a week and was contracted to provide approximately
1,469 meals per month for homebound seniors in Santa Monica. During FY 2004/2005,
the Home Delivered Meals Program is proposed to serve an average of 1,475 meals
per month with 45 clients receiving two meals per day. The County per meal
reimbursement rate is $4.12 for hot meals and $3.15 for frozen meals plus $0.60 per
meal from the N.S.I.P.
The City is also applying for funding to operate a Telephone Reassurance Program for
Home Delivered Meals Program clients. Clients are contacted to check for any
questions or concerns regarding the meal program. Approximately 150 calls per month
will be made to clients receiving frozen meal delivery. The City expects 102 different
clients to be served through this program with a reimbursement rate of $.50 per call.
This program is also subcontracted to Meals on Wheels West.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommendation presented in this report does not have any budget or financial
impact for FY2004/05 since the adopted budget currently includes all revenue and
expenditure appropriations associated with the grant program.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the
submittal of a grant application to the County of Los Angeles Department of Community
and Senior Services for funding and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute contracts with the County for provision of services to the elderly through the
City's Senior Nutrition and Recreation Program.
Prepared by: Barbara Stinchfield
Director, Community and Cultural Services
Kathy LePrevost
Community Programs Manager
ATTACHMENT: Resolution – See adopted Resolution No. 9973 (CCS)