CDBG Spectrum Subrecipient Agmt FY 21-22 08022021

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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK Term of Contract: July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 Agency: Spectrum Community Services Address: 2621 Barrington Court Hayward, CA 94545 Contact Person: Lara Calvert, Executive Director Phone: 510 881-0300 Project Name: San Leandro Senior Nutrition Meals Program PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Studies show that low-income seniors are at increased risk of poor nutrition and consequent health and functional problems. Lack of funds can force seniors to skip meals and cut out foods necessary for a balanced diet. Eating well-balanced meals on a regular basis is tied directly to health and wellbeing. For seniors, proper nutrition and regular meals are key to maintaining weight, metabolic function, energy, balance, and mental clarity, and are necessary for many medications to act safely and effectively. The need for nutrition is coupled with the need for social interaction and a sense of belonging that can combat isolation and depression. Studies from the Center for Disease Control and others have confirmed that providing nutritious meals in a setting that provides social support and nutrition education improves health conditions, delays onset of chronic disease and helps stabilize the health status of seniors with chronic disease. While Spectrum’s project objectives seem simple – providing healthy meals to seniors in a welcoming social setting – our goal is to contribute in an important way to the health and well-being of program participants. The Senior Meals goal is to enhance the quality of life for older adults. We do it through objectives which include providing nutritious meals and education to all seniors 60 years and older who want to participate and to offer social interactions with peers and volunteers which uplift spirit, mind and body. These services are proven to benefit the senior’s health and wellness. During the first year of the two-year grant period, Spectrum proposes to prepare and serve at least 7,000 nutritious meals to over 125 individual low-income seniors in San Leandro. The first year of this funding period we expect to continue to offer pick up and go meals for at least a portion of the year. As senior sites re-open we may be able to transition to group seated serving, although it may remain the individual trayed meals. During this time, we foresee the possibility that some of our clients may still take meals to go. In the second year we propose to prepare and serve 6,000 meals to over 200 individuals. By the second year we are hopeful that we will be able to return to a regular congregate setting serving hot, plated meals served to seated diners. We are unsure of the guidelines for distancing and capacity limitations at this time to be able to resume congregate dining, so this is based upon the ability to serve 24 meals per day at the San Leandro Senior Community Center. At a time when rising healthcare and medication costs and reductions in public services are putting greater demand on the fixed incomes of economically, disadvantaged seniors, Spectrum’s Senior Meals program makes a tremendous difference in the lives of San Leandro seniors. Spectrum data DocuSign Envelope ID: 8A7D7987-F0A4-46AB-94DE-F488CC25CE0E