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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Home Delivery of Meals to Seniors/Disabled in Santa Barbara County, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a presentation from the Department of Social Services regarding updates on the home delivery of meals to seniors/disabled in Santa Barbara County;
b) Consider allocating $600,000.00 in one-time American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding previously designated by Board for senior nutrition assessment and gaps funding, as follows:
i) Creation of a fund in the amount of $75,000.00 available through March 2024 to provide local match to providers to potentially enhance their ability to draw down state, federal, or other funds; and
ii) Creation of a flexible fund in the amount of $525,000.00 for providers to apply for assistance with increased costs they are experiencing associated with the pandemic over the next two years (Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 through FY 2024-2025). Criteria and process to be developed for distribution; or
c) Provide other direction for allocating ARPA funding as appropriate to staff; and
d) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY