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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 have recommended it still doesnt cover 100 percent of all the operates costs for the meal provider. All...

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 Providers and they are able to provide a service because they also use volunteers. A lot of the volunteer...

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 organizations in the community including their existing Food Pantry Network partners where they can ide...

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 of the operation, all those things take into consideration. And, you know, we do have a cap that we...

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 strategy around the support programs give us an example the way that the cal works works if families move t...