City Council Committee on Healthy Women, Families, and Communities Hearing on Dockets #1267-1272, #1373

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Eight Hundred Eight Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Dollars ($1,808,230.00) in the form of a grant for the FFY20 Title IIIC- Nutrition, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant will fund home-delivered and congregate meals for seniors in Boston.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($1,019,659.68) in the form of a grant for the FY20 State Elder Lunch Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs to be administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant will fund meals for seniors in Boston.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars ($966,932.00) in the form of a grant, for the FFY20 Title III-B Supportive Services, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant will fund a comprehensive and coordinated health and social services system, which assist elders to maintain independent living in their communities as long as desired.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars ($491,552.00) in the form of a grant, for the FFY20 Title III-E Caregiver, awarded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed though the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant would fund sub-grants for caregiver services to seniors, and to grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Four Dollars ($400,694.00) in the form of a grant for the FFY2020 Title III-A Area Plan Administration, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant will fund administrative expenses of the Age Strong Commission as the Boston Area Agency on Aging.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Two Dollars ( $171,242.00) in the form of a grant, FFY20 Title III- Ombudsman awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to the administered by the Elderly Commission. The grant will fund services and advocacy for seniors in nursing homes.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant for CANShare FY2020, awarded by the Donor Group to be administered by the Office of Food Access. The grant will fund a match for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through donations. CANShare donations will enable SNAP beneficiaries to double their buying power at Boston Farmers' Markets and select neighborhood convenience stores, providing greater access to fresh food.

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and referred to the Committee on September 11 (Dockets #1267-1272), and September 25, 2019 (Docket #1373).

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Public Testimony

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Mail Address: Dockets #1267-1272, 1373 City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston, MA  02201

Fax Number: 617-635-4203 Attn: Michelle A. Goldberg, Dockets #1267-1272, 1373

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Staff Email:  michelle.a.goldberg@boston.gov   Staff Telephone:  617-635-4645

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