To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a request to submit the Child and Adult Care Food Program Proposal and authorize the budget for 2025-2026
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to submit a food proposal and potential agreement to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Child and Adult Care Food Program for $1,022,949.94, with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
GCCARD is seeking to establish a partnership between the Michigan Department of Education Child and Adult Care food program GCCARD’s Head Start and Nutrition Services programs to provide nutritional services for Genesee County children participating in Head Start, Early Head Start, and after school youth risk reduction programming. Since this program is expenditure driven, GCCARD will be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred after a reimbursement request is submitted to the MDE. Reimbursement and budgetary authorization to fund this expenditure driven grant is to be used for the 2025-2026 school year.
DISCUSSION:
The Head Start Program serves breakfast, lunch, and a snack daily to children enrolled in Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start. The total budget is estimated to be $1,014,994.94. The Child and Adult Care Food Program would reimburse $2.46 per breakfast, $4.91 per lunch, and $1.26 per snack. The amount is an estimated figure based on 100,288 breakfasts, lunches, and snacks to be served for the 2025-2026 school year. Nutrition Services serves breakfast, lunch, and snacks for at-risk youth attending after-school programming for a total cost of $7,955.00.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
See budget upload. No general fund dollars are being requested.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There will be no impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priorities of Healthy, Livable and Safe Communities as well as Community Growth by providing the earliest support possible for Genesee County residents.
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 Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (“GCCARD”) to authorize submitting and accepting the Head Start and GCCARD Nutrition Services food proposal and agreement to the Michigan Department of Education Child and Adult Care Food Program for reimbursement of costs in the amount of $1,022,949.94 for FY 2025-2026, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the September 17, 2025 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.