To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a grant award from the Michigan Department of Education, in the amount of $26,760.00, to provide for the purchase of kitchen equipment at Genesee County's Community Action Resource Department
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to accept and expend The Emergency Food Assistant Program (TEFAP) Reach and Resiliency (R&R) Round Two grant agreement from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) in the amount of $26,760.00, with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
GCCARD has received notice from the Michigan Department of Education of a grant award funded under the Build Back Better Reach and Resiliency Grant. Grant funds are available for the period commencing May 23, 2023, through June 30, 2025.
DISCUSSION:
These funds will be utilized by the GCCARD USDA Supplemental Food Program at 2727 Lippincott Blvd., Flint, MI 48507, to purchase equipment, including a new walk-in freezer to store excess USDA Supplemental Foods distributed quarterly to Genesee County residents facing food security crisis.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
A budget upload will be available separately as GCCARD works diligently with Fiscal Services to develop a budget outlining the use of these grant funds.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
Facilities and Operations will be installing a new walk-in freezer at 2727 Lippincott Blvd., Flint, MI 48507.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on Information Technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priority of Healthy, Livable, and Safe Communities by ensuring that we may continue providing nutritious USDA foods to Genesee County residents facing food security emergencies. GCCARD is also focused on Long Term Financial Stability as we seek to improve GCCARD facilities to secure the high quality and efficient provision of GCCARD programming for the foreseeable future.
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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 Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to authorize accepting The Emergency Food Assistance Program Reach and Resiliency Round Two grant(s) from the Michigan Department of Education to fund equipment purchases for GCCARD’s USDA Supplemental Food Program, in the amount of $26,760.00 for the period commencing May 23, 2023, through June 30, 2025, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the April 16, 2025 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board).