For City Council Meeting December 14, 2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk
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Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 7802 Accepting Funding in the Amount of $20,000 from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Community Benefit Grant for the Healthy Rialto Nutrition Program 2022.
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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 that has the desire to get fit and stay healthy. The Certified Farmer's Market has been available to the community for 9 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 September 2021. The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals has 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 $20,000 to continue maintaining a healthy community through its Nutrition Program 2022.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Nutrition Program 2022 will provide approximately 500 families, with an emphasis on targeting Hispanic and African-American families, with Farmer's Market Veggie Bucks. This w...
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