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Preparation situation is, are they getting it through a caterer because not all the centers have their own kitchen. Like project open hand has their own central kitchen and when they have a much higher volume of meals those costs generally are lower too so the size of the operation, all those things take into consideration. And, you know, we do have a cap that we kind of look at, at what point will we, you know, not sort of cap, basically. So when you look at the, even with the costs that we hav...

Seniors cant donate. So when the projection is lower than projected that means they have to fill in with Additional Fund raising. Of course costs have gone up and with the the city has given all the providers some costs of doing business, a small percentage of 1. 5 percent, even that doesnt cover all the increases. Food costs has gone up quite a bit in the past year. So it is challenging but, you know, they are doing, they are very committed. Were really fortunate to have committed Service Provi...

Service program say aye. The motion carries. U, requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with San Francisco Marin Food Bank for the provision of homedelivered groceries for the period of july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2016 in a total grant amount not to exceed 625,959. Could i have a motion to discuss . Second. Okay we are on. Okay, so with this San Francisco Marin Food Bank this is a new contract to provide homedelivered groceries. They will be working with many nonprofit org...

Pay. And you are correct, i mean, theres a lot of factors that we take into consideration in negotiating the rate based on, you know, the type of meal that will be provided, the organization structure, what type of meal, what the meal preparation situation is, are they getting it through a caterer because not all the centers have their own kitchen. Like project open hand has their own central kitchen and when they have a much higher volume of meals those costs generally are lower too so the size...

Can move to another county with better rent were still providing those services and support thats what our nonprofits are forced to do. You probably said it the 2 million for the 6 of homeless families. It is actually weve housed 66 families with less than 2 million we have several Million Dollars we have allocated to hows house 2 more families. Those families are housed elsewhere. Yes. The last numbers were 70 to percent. And thats recorded from the it really is a new it calls for a new strateg...

What is the daytime and the eviction and the high rental costs that result of that and this bye product of that we dont know with that but in a few months. It only tracks within the boundaries of San Francisco but my guess the families that some have been living in in their cars or bigger vehicles at time and if they cant stay in the city pushed to other surrounding areas all the way to ann intoxicate where is that information the impacts and the push back to further areas of the bay area. Thats...

Nonprofits are forced to do. You probably said it the 2 million for the 6 of homeless families. It is actually weve housed 66 families with less than 2 million we have several Million Dollars we have allocated to hows house 2 more families. Those families are housed elsewhere. Yes. The last numbers were 70 to percent. And thats recorded from the it really is a new it calls for a new strategy around the support programs give us an example the way that the cal works works if families move to anoth...

Francisco that services is to be transferred we have a robust cal Works Program with earlier education that provides subsidies for the children and two to another county their kids could be in school we have to reorient cal works to get up e keep that intact it is a challenge one were committed to a family might move to Alameda County or oakland if theyre in a subsidized job well pay for the transportation theyll be consulting in but really is it is a change in the way were approaching our servi...

Drop off with attention and get cranky sometimes so the next point in importance really revolves about relieving family stress and less money out of the pocket providing the meals and not having to hurry to get food on the table and they know that the children are fed. And then also federal and state funding is available for child nutrition and currently in San Francisco a majority of what were talking about today is leveraging those funds to maximize local dollars. This last point of importance...

The cdc said it perfectly in the sense that food and hunger insecurity can affect us in many ways. We know what happens when we dont eat we drop off with attention and get cranky sometimes so the next point in importance really revolves about relieving family stress and less money out of the pocket providing the meals and not having to hurry to get food on the table and they know that the children are fed. And then also federal and state funding is available for child nutrition and currently in ...