Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a purchased services agreement with REAP Food Group Inc to provide summer meals for the upcoming summer. Under the agreement REAP will provide summer meal service as a partnership with MMSD at the Elver Park shelter as well as two additional locations. The proposed cost of the contract is $7,500; these funds are available within the Mayor’s Office 2016 Adopted Operating Budget.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a purchase of services (POS) contract with REAP Food Group, Inc., to provide administration and coordination of a summer meals program in partnership with the Madison Parks Division, Madison Metropolitan School District, Public Health Madison & Dane County, and Midvale Baptist Church.
Body
WHEREAS, food provided through schools are a critical safety net in preventing hunger and promoting nutrition; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) serves over 12,000 children who qualify for free and reduced price meals due to low household income during the school year; and
WHEREAS, the MMSD Summer Food Service provides free meals to all children during an eight week session during the summer, providing over 175,000 meals during summer school, at community facilities, and during recreational programming; and
WHEREAS, the Summer Food Service Program for Children is a federally funded program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered at the State level; and
WHEREAS, for all eligible summer meals sites, all children 18 years of age or younger are able to receive free meals and the entire cost of the meal is reimbursed through the Summer Food program; and
WHEREAS, the Summer Food program is historically an underutilized program with states leaving millions of dollars of funding on the table; and
WHEREAS, only a fraction of the children eligible for free and reduced lunch during the school year participate in the summer meals program; and
WHEREAS, whil...
Click here for full text