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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26- Parks, Recreation & Community Services CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO — REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Subject: AUTHORIZATION FOR APPLICATION From: ANNIE F. RAMOS, DIRECTOR AND ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANT Dept: PARKS, RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 20,000 FROM CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE Date: SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 ORIGINAL WEIST FOR A SENIOR NUTRITION VA Synopsis of Previous Council Action: None --Y C G :j ')Taal .r.�, .. Recommended Motion: That the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Director be authorized to apply for and administer a $ 20,000 grant from Catholic Healthcare West. (%,s%t vc..� - ' /� ��ii-ter✓ Signature Contact person: John A. Kramer Phone: 5031 Supporting data attached: Staff Report, Resolution & Application Ward: City-wide FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: NONE Source: (Acct. No.) (Acct. Description) Finance: Council Notes: q1J& Agenda Item No. l0 CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT AUTHORIZATION FOR APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 20,000 FROM CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST FOR A SENIOR NUTRITION VAN. Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the operator of St. Bernardine Medical Center, provides community grants. The community grants are intended to address a wide range of community needs in the areas they serve. CHW is committed to promoting universal access to needed healthcare services and addressing the underlying socio-economic causes of illnesses. Through its community grants program, CHW seeks to "partner" with other community groups to improve the health status and the quality of life of the communities it serves. The CHW Community Grants Program is designed to be a funding resource which supports and enhances the advocacy, social justice and healthier communities efforts of its divisions, regions and sponsoring congregations. CHW's Community Grants Program seeks to support organizations whose efforts embody its five core values: the dignity of each person, excellence, justice, stewardship and in particular, collaboration. The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department has program needs that are highly suitable to the CHW Grants. The department has been desirous of acquiring a Senior Nutrition Cargo Van to replace the one destroyed by an engine fire two years ago. Acquisition of this van could save the Nutrition Program about $ 4,000 a year which could go back into raw foods and other direct services. Grant proposal is for $ 20,000. 9/9/96 amt agreement/catholic healthcare 2 Catholic Healthcare West 1996 Community Grants Program Cover Page Requested Amount: S_ $ 20,000 Category: Social Services Name of Program/Project: City of San Bernardino Senior Nutrition Program Contact Person: John A. Kramer Phone: 384-5031 Name of Organization: City of San Bernardino Parks, Recreation & Community Services Address: 547 North Sierra Way San Bernardino, CA 92410 CHW Region/Division/Congregation Sponsor: Linda Mc Donald Responses to these questions should not exceed this page What is the mission of your organization? To develop programs and operate facilities that enhance social interaction and provides opportunities for all residents to share their heritage, values, abilities and ambitions. To provide for all citizens a variety of leisure and social service opportunities that create new interests, develop new skills, and provide for basic needs in order to develop a citizenry that is healthy and creative. Briefly describe the project outlined in this proposal. Who are its beneficiaries? How will CHW funds be used? The Senior Nutrition program sponsored by the City of San Bernardino provides senior citizens 60 years and older a nutritious lunch time meal 254 days per year. Prepared meals are delivered from two preparation kitchens to six satellite sites. During Fiscal Year 1995/96 over 90,000 meals were served. Currently, the program requires a transport vehicle to maintain its routes. The routes are to 6 satellite nutrition sites that receive daily delivery of prepared senior meals. Describe the community you serve (i.e. size, location, socioeconomics, ethnicity, etc.] and how this project responds to a need identified by its residents. The City of San Bernardino is located approximately 60 miles east of the City of Los Angeles at the base of the San Bernardino mountains. According to the 1990 Census Data, there were 163,150 residents of the City of San Bernardino, 64,561 are non-white. The Older American's Act of 1965 requires the area agency on aging to target services and identify individuals eligible for assistance with special emphasis on older individuals with greatest social and economic need with special attention to minority and low-income seniors. San Bernardino City has 21,114 citizens 60 years and older according to the 1990 Census. Your proposal should arrive no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, September 13, 1996. Proposals are not to be faxed. CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST 1996 COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM I. ORGANIZATION �.. The Senior Nutrition Program is a joint venture between the Government sector and its citizens. The Federal Government's Older American's Act of 1965, as amended, provides that State and Local Governments form area agencies to accept and deliver funds that are directed to senior citizens programs geared to attack social ills affecting Americans 60 years of age and older. All funds are made available through a formula of needs assessment. Consideration is given for an area's location, rural/urban profile and its economic, racial, ethnic population base. Funding is not meant to completely finance a given program, but to provide a foundation to a program, to providE basic services. Unforeseen expenses such as equipment replacement may not be funded. Funded local agencies must be able to establish their credibility as it relates to project goals. The City of San Bernardino is a funded service provider. The City of San Bernardino, as a direct service provider to Senior Nutrition needs, provided nearly 90,000 senior residents such meals in 1995-96. These meals are provided to 8 congregate (on site) meal sites, and prepared at 2 preparation kitchens operated by the City of San Bernardino. B. To provide congregate (on site) nutrition services that assist older individuals to live independently by promoting better health through improved nutrition and reduced isolation through a program coordinated with other supportive services. C. The City of San Bernardino Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department is the largest municipal recreation agency in the Greater Inland Empire. In addition to the Senior Nutrition Program, the department operates a myriad of recreational, social and cultural programs for all ages of the population. Additional services to seniors include: • Information and Referrals to Other Senior Supportive Services • Phone ALERT (P.A.L.) for Senior Citizens • Retired Senior Volunteer Program (R.S.V.P.) • Health Screening Clinics • AQewise Outreach Programs (for Seniors with Mental Disorders) • Free Income Tax Preparation • Arthritis Exercise Programs • And Many More The Parks. Recreation and Community Services Department also operated two (2) dedicated Senior Service Centers: Perris Hill Senior Center, 780 East 21st Street, San Bernardino and Downtown Senior Center, 600 West Fifth Street, San Bernardino. 1 II. PROJECT A. The Senior Nutrition Program of the City of San Bernardino will servc �_Ju,uu0 meals during Fiscal Year 1996/97. These n �-ais will be prepared and served at eight (8) C,-•ngregate sites. Meals are delivered to satellite congregate sits by two (2) cargo vans. The geographic area S.,rvea o� this contractor covers the communities of San Bernardino and Highland. The clientele for congregate nutrition consists of: a. Seniors 60 years and over. b. The spouse of any person 60 years and over. C. Handicapped or disabled individuals who reside in a housing facility occupied primarily by the elderly at which congregate nutrition services as provided. d. A handicapped or disabled child who lives with an elderly individual. e. Any volunteer regardless of age who volunteers his/her time at a meal preparation site at least eight (8) hours per month. Listed below are the City of San Bernardino's congregate feeding sites and their affiliation: • Downtown Senior Center (Preparation Site) 600 West 5th Street • Perris Hill Senior Center (Preparation Site) 780 East 21st Street • Hernandez Community Center (City Owned & Operated) 222 North Lugo Avenue • Public Enterprise Building (City Owned & Operated) 1505 West Highland • Lytle Creek Community Center (City Owned & Operated) 380 South "K" Street • Nicholson Community Center (City Owned & Operated) 2750 West 2nd Street • Highland Senior Center (Private - Non-profit) 3102 East Highland • Adult Day Health Care (Operated by Community Hospital) 3000 East Highland B. By U.S.D.A. regulations, all meals delivered to congregate sites must be delivered within one (1) hour of the designated service time and the meals service time must be scheduled during a one (1) hour time frame between 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. For example, a site with a meal serving time of 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., must receive its meals between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. The need for two delivery vehicles is essential to meet this schedule. Over the past two (2) years, the Nutrition Program has been renting cargo vans at an astronomical cost. Vehicle operation expense for a 1990 Ford Econoline Van currently owned by the Senior Nutrition Program is approximately $ 3,500 per year. The cost to rent and operate the second required van was over $ 7,000 for the 1995-96 2 period, double the budgeted amount. Through the purchase of a delivery vehicle the Senior Nutrition Program will save a minimum of$ 4,000 that can be applied to cover a 1996-97 budget cut of 5.2 percent. C. The City of San Bemar_': .,) Senior Nutrition Program has incorporated %vithin its Objectives the following: Proviu<, congregate meals to at least 2,000 un-duplicated seniors of which 150 are minority low-income seniors. According to the 1990 Census Data, San Bernardino had over 21,114 seniors, 60 years and older, of tvh;r_h 2,054 were below the poverty line. In addition a number of those identified seniors are diseinfrancished tbrough language barriers and lack transportation, both public and private. Without the delivery of senior nutrition meals to the cities existing, satellite nutrition sites, 100-170 seniors would not eat a nutritious meal daily. All of our satellite sites are established in low-income minority areas making them truly accessible to the targeted resident population. D. The Senior Nutrition Program provides single source nutrition to many seniors 60 years and older participating in the program 6 days per week. The Senior Nutrition Program is supported by over fifty (50) volunteers who contributed over 10,000 volunteer hours during Fiscal Year 1995-96. There are no other nutrition services provided for seniors other than the City's Senior Nutrition Program. E. The City of San Bernardino's Senior Nutrition Program is a cooperative effort involving key community service agencies providing senior services. The County of San Bernardino's Department of Aging and Adult Services is the primary funding and support agency to the City's Senior Nutrition Programs. In addition to funding a major portion of nutrition meal services at City owned and operated Senior Nutrition sites, the County provides nutrition education classes to seniors, senior employment in support of senior program, Meals On Wheels to senior shut-ins and forums that provide seniors an opportunity to access information and input their concerns thus empowering the collective group. The Senior Nutrition Program is the primary program established at the City's two dedicated Senior Service Centers. On-site funding exposes seniors to a variety of service providers who contract with the City of San Bernardino to utilize space at our senior facilities. In addition to City owned and operated facilities, other agencies, businesses and senior exclusive programs contract with the City to provide meals to their respective facilities. 3 F. The work plan established for the City of San Bernardino contract with its Fiscal Year 1996-97 primary funding agency is a joint-effort between the County of San Bernardino Department of Aging and Adult Services, "DAAS", (the over-site agency) and the City of San Bernardino (the contactor). The work plan specifically details performance objectives expected of the contractor. Listed i.e:e ure those criteria that the City of San Bernardino Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department will fulfill and document to the County of San Bernardino to evaluate the success of this project. 1. To serve 35 meals per day. 2. To maintain 6 satellite congregate nutrition sites; and 2 preparation kitchens. 3. To deliver 100 - 170 Senior Nutrition meals to 6 congregate sites daily, Monday through Friday, 254 days per year. The use of two (2) delivery vehicles is essential to accomplish these objectives. G. Oscar J. Perrier, Senior Recreation Supervisor, has been employed by the City of San Bernardino for twenty-five years. For the past ten years, Mr. Perrier has been the Administrative Supervisor responsible for the Senior Nutrition Program's request for funding and budget over-site and on-going operations. 4 Appendix A Catholic Healthcare West 1996 Community Grants Program Pioj�ect Budget Organization: Ci 7,, San Bernard'.-.o Parks, Recreation & Cc uni y Services Dept. 00 Plus 971 . Total Project Bu ?et: $423 CHW Grant Request $20,000.00 Your Budget Yz.:,. 8aginri.-,g 1,jly 1 , 1995 r=nding June 30, 1997 Annual Income Revenue Sources excluding Grants & Donations Description Amount City of San Bernardino In-Kind Match Subtotal Revenue Sources excluding Grants & Donations $ Grants & Donations [including CHW's Commmunity Grant] Name of Grantor/Donor Status of Request Amount County of Sbdno. Dept. of Aging & Adult vc _ 0 7.00 lJnitpd States Dept of Agriculture A roved $ 51 ,384.00 Participant Donations $115,570.00 CHW Community Award Requested S 20,M. Subtotal Grants & Donations $ 335 ' 1 971 .00 Total Income from All Sources for this Project $ 335,971.00