To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, Interim GCCARD Director
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RE: Authorization of a Request to Accept the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) Agreement for Fiscal year 2024.
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to accept an agreement between GCCARD and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
GCCARD’s Commodity Distribution program received notification from the MDE to act as sub distributor of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) foods for the CSFP to eligible Genesee County residents.
DISCUSSION:
CSFP provides supplemental shelf stable foods to qualifying seniors ages 60 and over. The period of this agreement covers October 01, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
No General Fund dollars are being requested.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
IMPACT ON INDIRECT COSTS:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This agreement conforms to Genesee County’s priority of Healthy, Livable, and Safe Communities by ensuring that Genesee County residents have access to healthy ingredients so they may create nutritious meals for themselves and their families.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Interim Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to authorize acceptance of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) agreement between GCCARD and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) allowing GCCARD to act as sub distributor of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) foods to eligible Genesee County residents ages 60 and over for the term commencing October 01, 2023, through September 30, 2024, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request with supporting documents being on file with the official records of the October 11, 2023 meeting of the Human Services Committee).