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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 5, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~{-- _-F <br />SUBJECT: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding for Senior Lunch Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) L~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Agreement for Senior Nutrition Services <br />Award Provisions <br />Provider Services Summary <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry Passmore, 245 2000 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the receipt of $17,893 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act <br />(ARRA) funding to purchase additional Senior Lunch meals that will be served at the two <br />Orange County senior centers. <br />BACKGROUND: The NC Division of Aging and Adult Services has awarded ARRA federal <br />funds to each congregate senior meals program .across the State. The Department on Aging <br />assumed management of the senior meal program in Orange County on July 1, 2009. Orange <br />County`s allocation of $17,893 will be used to purchase 4,400 additional meals to serve at the <br />Seymour and Central Orange Senior Centers. With the acceptance of the ARRA funds, the <br />Department on Aging is required to report to the State Division of Aging on the impact of jobs <br />created and/or saved by the local caterer. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The ARRA funds are non-recurring. The required 10% match is <br />available in the current Department on Aging Community Based Services budget. The NC <br />Division of Aging and Adult Services requested that expenditure of these funds begin no later <br />than November 2009. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />1. Approve .the acceptance of the Orange County ARRA allocation for the Senior Lunch <br />Program; and <br />2. Authorize the Chair to sign the following: <br />• Agreement with the Triangle J Council of Governments for Provision of County- <br />Based Nutrition Services for the Elderly Through the American Recovery and <br />Reimbursement Act of 2009; <br />• Award Provision for ARRA Funds, County Nutrition Program Providers; and <br />• ARRA County Funding Plan <br />