On the message and order, referred on June 30, 2021 Docket #0825, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty Six Dollars ($476,666.00) in the form of a grant for Nutrition Services for Boston elders, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant will fund the FY21 Title IIIC Supplemental, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.
0826.0826 message an order authorizing the city of Boston to accept and expend an amount of $476,666 in the form of a grant for nutrition services for Boston. Elders awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed to the mass executive office of Elder appears to be administered by the Strong Commission. The grant will fund the FBI 21 Title three C supplemental. The chair now recognizes once again Councilor Liz Braden, Chair of the Committee on Strong Women, Families and Communities. Counselor Braden, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. President. Also again, we had a hearing that we combined many of these dockets this past Monday. On October 18th, a strong committee on strong women, families and communities heard here had a hearing on this docket 0826. And we were joined by Emily Shea, commissioner of the of Strong and Francis Thomas, director of administration and finance for Age Strong, who both provided testimony on behalf of the administration. The docket includes $476,000 to supplement Title three funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services for the Elderly Nutrition Program. This program provides meals at hundred and 284,000 meals for up to 2700 older adults through congregate nutritional lunch sites and Meals on Wheels program. As we found during COVID, this is a vitally important program and supports not only the cost of meals, but also the cost of delivering meals and providing nutritional assessment, nutritional counseling and nutritional education . At this time, it's my recommendation to the council that we accept and expand this docket out to pass. Thank you very much. Chair Louise Braden, chair of the Committee on Strong Women, Families and Communities, seeks passage of Docket 0826. All those in favor, please indicate by saying I oppose. The ayes have it. The docket has passed. Madam Clerk, would you now please read docket 1011.