Title
Authorization to Accept and Disburse Area Agency on Aging, Region One, Funding for Home Delivered Meal Program (Ordinance S-48842)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept additional Home Delivered Meals funding from the Area Agency on Aging, Region One, Inc. (AAA) in the amount of $2,410,000. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
In spring 2019, the City of Phoenix was awarded a five-year grant from the Area Agency on Aging, Region One, which began July 1, 2019, and ends June 30, 2024. Funds provided to the City of Phoenix through AAA are used to fund the City’s Home Delivered Meals (HDM) program. The HDM program assists with increasing the nutrient intake of seniors, homebound, and disabled adults at nutrition risk to allow them to remain independent in their homes.
Contract Term
The initial term of the contract under the five-year grant began July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, with four one-year options to extend. AAA requires the City to reapply for funding and enter into a new contract for each year authorized under the grant.
The term of this contract is for the extension of the fourth-year option which begins July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. The approval and execution of this amendment is the fourth year within the five-year grant.
Financial Impact
The contract total shall not exceed $2,410,000 for the term beginning July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. There is a 10 percent match requirement for this term totaling $241,000.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
Ordinance S-45521 was adopted on April 3, 2019, authorizing the Human Services Department (HSD) to apply for, accept funding from, and enter into an initial contract with AAA for an amount up to $2,082,325 annually and authorizing the City Treasurer and City Controller to accept and disburse these funds.
Ordinance S-47112 was adopted on Nov. 18, 2020, authorizing HSD to accept an additional $2,843,045 in funding from AAA for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 and authorizing the City Treasurer and City Controller to accept and disburse these funds.
Ordinance S-47312 was adopted on Feb. 17, 2021, authorizing HSD to accept an additional $500,000 in funding from AAA for FY 2020-21 and authorizing the City Treasurer and City Controller to accept and disburse these funds.
Ordinance S-47799 was adopted on July 1, 2021, authorizing HSD to accept an additional $5,425,370 in funding from AAA for FY 2021-22 and authorizing the City Treasurer and City Controller to accept and disburse these funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.