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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 106-2023 delegating authority to the HHSA Director, HHSA Deputy Director, or HHSA Director of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), to accept, execute, and administer annual non-financial Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) AAA Agreements with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to make CDFA booklets available to low-income seniors with the goal of providing fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally-grown produce, cut herbs, and raw honey through Certified Farmers’ Markets; and
2) Approve and authorize the HHSA Director, HHSA Deputy Director, or HHSA Director of the AAA to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports for said agreements.
FUNDING: 100% United States Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) is administered nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services Agency (FNS), and in California, by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) under Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 249. To administer the program, CDFA partners with California’s Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) from the thirty-three (33) AAA Planning Service Areas (PSAs), to distribute SFMNP check booklets containing five (5) checks redeemable for $10 each to low-income seniors with the goal of providing fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally-grown produce, cut herbs, and raw honey through Certified Farmers’ Markets.
California's AAAs serve this purpose for CDFA because they administer several senior programs on a local level either directly or through their affiliation with senior organizations and centers. AAAs are responsible for the implementation of the SFMNP at the local level and to ensure that no conflicts exist. Responsibilities incl...
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