For City Council Meeting October 14, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk
Title
Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 8414 to accept Community Benefit Grant funding in the amount of $15,000 for the Healthy Rialto Nutrition Program 2025.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution Accepting Funding in the Amount of $15,000 from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Community Benefit Grant for the Healthy Rialto Nutrition Program 2025.
BACKGROUND
Healthy Rialto offers healthy programs and services to residents of Rialto. The programs are designed to enrich and empower the lives of the people in our community. Healthy Rialto is dedicated to providing innovative and proactive solutions to everyone who has the desire to get fit and stay healthy. The Certified Farmer's Market has been available to the community for 11 years, where EBT, WIC and Senior FMNP (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program) are accepted by most vendors.
Healthy Rialto is also a partner in Market Match, a program by the Ecology Center, a non-profit organization that received a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant from the USDA. Market Match, California's healthy food incentive program, is offered to those who use their Calfresh EBT at the Farmer's Market with a $15 max benefit match to increase their purchase of fruits and vegetables, a healthier choice.
In order to accomplish some of the goals and programs of continuing to create and maintain a healthier community, Kaiser Permanente provided an opportunity to apply for a community grant in July 2025. The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals have been very supportive of Healthy Rialto programs through the years.
This year, the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals awarded a grant to the City of Rialto - Healthy Rialto in the amount of $15,000 to continue maintaining a healthy community through its Nutrition Program 2025.
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