City Council Committee on Healthy Women, Families and Communities Hearing on Dockets #0109, #0110, #0217, #0220, #0335, #0336

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Dollars ($283,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Double Up Food Bucks Program, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture, passed through the Fair Food Network, to be administered by the Office of Food Access.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Two Dollars ($171,242.00) in the form of a grant, for the Title III-Ombudsman 2019, 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 Elderly Commission.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Fifty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Dollars ($1,056,840.00) in the form of a grant, from the Council on Aging Formula Grant Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($124,263.36) in the form of a grant, for the FY19 State Elder Lunch Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Elderly Commission.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, 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 Elderly Commission.

Message and order authorizing the City of  Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Immigrant Advancement Initiative, awarded by the Donor Group, to be administered by the Office of Immigrant Advancement.

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and referred to the Committee on January 9 (Dockets #0109 #0110), January 30 (Dockets #0217 #0220), and February 13, 2019 (Dockets #0335 #0336).

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Public Testimony

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Mail Address: Dockets #0109 #0110 #0217 #0220 #0335 #0336, City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston, MA  02201

Fax Number: 617-635-4203 Attn: Michelle A. Goldberg, Dockets #0109 #0110 #0217 #0220 #0335 #0336

Committee Email:  ccc.hwfc@boston.gov

Staff Email:  michelle.a.goldberg@boston.gov   Staff Telephone: 617-635-4645

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