HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-06-2016 HRC Correspondence - Item 2 (Senior Nutrition Program of SLO County Hot Lunches to Seniors)Human Relations Commission Grants-In-Aid Program
MID-YEAR REPORT
Due: January 31st
Organization: Senior Nutrition Program of SLO County
Program: Hot lunches to seniors countywide.
Administrator’s Report: (A brief synopsis of the activities of the reporting period, including a statement
of the activities, service or programs provided as described in Exhibit B (your grant application) using the
Grants-In-Aid provided, and any changes that have occurred during the reporting period.)
Senior Nutrition Program serves hot nutritious noontime meals Monday through Friday to
senior Citizens in San Luis Obispo city at 2 locations as part of its overall program of serving
the entire county of SLO.
In July of 2015, SNP started serving lunches at Judson Terrace for senior residents because
of permanent closure of their kitchen. The meals are provided for those who can afford to pay
for the cost of the meal. Currently we are serving between 8-15 seniors regularly.
We serve meals in total of 10 dining rooms and deliver meals to the homes of frail home-
bound seniors, Monday through Friday throughout the County.
Our lunch site at the Anderson Hotel serves dining room meals to all residents of the hotel
and to any senior citizen over the age of 60, who wishes to dine there. The second lunch site
is in United Church of Christ Congregational on Los Osos Valley Rd. Both dining rooms
serve as the meeting point for seniors to socialize and interact.
In addition to the congregate dining, SNP serves meals to home-bound seniors who are frail
and isolated. Meals are delivered hot daily through a network of volunteers, and frozen
meals are provided also for Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Besides the nutritious meals,
this program provides social contact which is important to most seniors. Our staff and
volunteers are sometimes the only people they see that day. We provide reassurance to
family members that their loved ones are being looked after.
We continue to intervene when a client is not home to receive their meal. We check with
family, physicians and other emergency contacts until the welfare of the client is determined.
Statistical Report: (This section should include the number of clients served, their cities of origin, the
nature of services provided, as well as any other statistics which are kept by the agency. The total number of
clients served also should be broken down by the type of service received.)
In the first six months of FY 2015/16, in the City of San Luis Obispo, SNP served a total of 14,220
meals at the Anderson Hotel and United Church of Christ sites to 147 seniors.
County wide, SNP served 74,933 meals to 1145 seniors.
In the City of SLO, 5,900 meals were served to 74 seniors in the dining rooms and 8,320 meals were
served to 135 home-bound seniors.
Of those 147 people served in the City of San Luis Obispo, 97 were over 75 years old, 46 of them
were over 85 years old, 139 of those seniors live alone, 96 were low income and 95 would be
considered to be socially isolated.
Our program targets frail, isolated, low income seniors in an effort to help prolong health and
independence in their own home for as long as possible.
Financial report: (A financial statement detailing how the City’s grant money has been expended.)
The $7,000 grant from the City of San Luis Obispo was used to pay for program expenses of
food, labor and supplies.
The total amount of dollars spent in overall expenses to maintain the meal services to
seniors in SLO City as of December, 31, 2015 are $60,550. The total dollars spent in the
entire County for the same period are $601,778.
SNP served 6,104 meals more than the previous year and 1,091 meals over the number of
meals we are required to serve. Every meal served over the budget, SNP would pay the
entire cost of $8.85/meal.
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The grant received from the City of San Luis Obispo is also used as a matching fund for our
Federal grant.
Elias Nimeh Executive Director 805 541-3312r
Name Title Phone
4/4/2016 elias.nimeh@att.net
Signature Date
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Please limit to no more than 2 pages. Once signed, please scan and e-mail to jwiseman@slocity.org and mail
a hard copy to: City of San Luis Obispo, Attn: Jenny Wiseman, 919 Palm St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.