City of Madison - File #: 22851

• File #: 22851
• Version: 1
• Name: Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Madison Senior Center, to accept an 18 month OASIS Institute grant, funded by the WellPoint Foundation
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2011
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 7/5/2011
• Final action: 7/5/2011
• Enactment date: 7/7/2011
• Enactment #: RES-11-00587
• Title: Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Madison Senior Center, to accept an 18 month OASIS Institute grant, funded by the WellPoint Foundation to implement CATCH Healthy Habits program in Madison, WI, and amending the 2011 Adopted Operating Budget of the Community Development Division to recognize additional grant revenues and associated expenditures.
• Sponsors: Michael E. Verveer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/5/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
6/27/2011	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/22/2011	1	SENIOR CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS (ended 5/2012)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/21/2011	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Referred
6/21/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
6/14/2011	1	Senior Center	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The Resolution amends the 2011 adopted operating budget of the Community Development Division (CDD) to recognize a portion of grant proceeds awarded to the Senior Center. The total grant amount is $60,530, $20,000 of which will be expended in 2011, with the remainder to be included as part of the CDD 2012 operating budget. There is no net impact on the levy.
Title
Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Madison Senior Center, to accept an 18 month OASIS Institute grant, funded by the WellPoint Foundation to implement CATCH Healthy Habits program in Madison, WI, and amending the 2011 Adopted Operating Budget of the Community Development Division to recognize additional grant revenues and associated expenditures.
Body
WHEREAS, the United States is facing an epidemic in childhood obesity which, according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, has more than tripled among children aged 6-11 years in the past 30 years, from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008, and

WHEREAS, the CATCH Healthy Habits program is an adaptation of the nationally recognized evidence-based Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) curriculum, developed by the University of California, San Diego and the University of Texas, and

WHEREAS, CATCH Healthy Habits is an intergenerational physical activity/nutrition program with positive impacts on older adults, who facilitate the program sessions, and on children in kindergarten through fifth grade, and

WHEREAS, the WellPoint Foundation has provided funding to the OASIS Institute to expand this program between 2011 and 2012 in at least 18 US cities across 14 states, including Madison, WI, and

WHEREAS, the Madison Senior Center has a national reputation for mobilizing older persons in service to the senior center and in their community, and

WHEREAS, the OASIS Institute has chosen the Madison Senior Center to receive a grant of $60,530 from July 2011 through December 2012 to implement this p...