2018-550-E DSS - OCIM outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: EBOFBDBE -FD15- 4428- 899B- 19A867F94OCC occasions when a recipient has fallen. Without someone checking can them, a minor situation can easily escalate to an emergency. In the case of an emergency, ,Emergency Services is called. The need for expansion to the more northern parts of the county is an issue this Meals on Wheels program has been wrestling with for several years. All routes are driven by volunteers, many of whom drive during their lunch break from work. The time it would take and the price of gasoline have been prohibitive in reaching people in the Cedar Grove and Little River townships. By using the Cedar Grove Community Center as a secondary food distribution site, it is hoped residents from those communities would be more likely to volunteer to drive. Having enough volunteers would make it viable to add recipients who may have previously lived too far away to serve. Caring for the elderly and infirmed is a vital component of a healthy community. �) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. If the current Meals on Wheels program did not receive funding from {Orange County, the program would be unable to continue as it currently exists_ Without the Orange County funds, so few meals could be purchased that the program would have to either offer no sliding payment scale and only be available to people who could afford the full cost or only be available to a very few people. If there is no funding for personnel support, there would be no expansion of routes to the Cedar Grove and Little River areas_ A new position for a Meals on Wheels Assistant would be imperative; the part-time Meals on Wheels Coordinator would not be able to transport, supervise, and be available to drive a route if a volunteer does not show up, while also being available to do the same thing for the existing six routes. k) What percentage of your target population is low- moderate income? 99% 1) What efforts do you make to seek feedback about your program from your target population (e.g. survey, evaluations, etc. ?) No formal surveys have been made, but the Meals on Wheels Coordinator is in frequent contact with recipients. Anecdotally, the vast majority of people are very pleased with the food and the volunteers who deliver the meals. We have tried to issue a survey to the recipients in the past but had very few responses returned. m) Include any other pertinent information. A part -time employee to help with getting meals to the more rural parts of Orange County has not been hired yet, funding to hire came in October. The search for the right person for this position will begin during Change County's 2017 -18 third quarter. PpnrPAM mivnPA114 Tinny 119 ?19n -i R 17- AP -.cin Pnrr P A r(P 12 n r 7�;