SR-302-001 (31)
City Council Meeting: April 26, 2005 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 2005/2006 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 2005/2006 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
the City’s 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
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required to provide a minimum 15% local match for each program, and provisions to do
so are already in place. The City receives $3.11 per meal from the County and $0.54
per meal from the N.S.I.P. The suggested donation from diners for the Congregate
Meals Program is $1.75 per meal, with an average actual donation of $1.09 per meal
and the actual received is $1.09 per meal. For home delivered meals 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.
During FY 2004/2005, 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 2,405 meals per month. During FY
2005/2006, congregate meal service will be expanded to include Virginia Avenue Park
and the County is allocating funding for approximately 3,000 meals per month for the
entire program.
Since 1994, the City has subcontracted the 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 2004/2005, the Home Delivered
Meals Program operated seven days a week and was contracted to provide
approximately 1,475 meals per month for homebound seniors in Santa Monica. During
FY 2005/2006, the Home Delivered Meals Program is proposed to serve an average of
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1,475 meals per month with 45 clients receiving two meals per day.
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
Anticipated grant receipts and the program costs will be included in FY2005-06 Budget.
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. 10034 (CCS).
Reference Contract No. 8466 (CCS).
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