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<br />City of La Porte <br />Parks & Recreation <br /> <br />Memo <br /> <br />To: Stephen Barr, Director of Parks & Recreation <br />Michael Dolby, Acting Finance Director <br /> <br />From: Karen Beerman, Special Services Superintendent <br /> <br />Date: January 8, 2008 <br /> <br />Re: Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meals Grant <br /> <br />In September John Joerns received information from Harris County Judge Ed <br />Emmett about HB 407 which set up a grant program that reimburses organizations <br />for home-delivered meals served above and beyond the number of meals <br />reimbursed by Area Agency on Aging. The grant, Texans Feeding Texans Home <br />Delivered Meals is administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture. <br /> <br />For FY07, we served 8581 HB meals, were reimbursed from AAA for 7126 leaving <br />718 home delivered meals we were not reimbursed for. I submitted the necessary <br />information and documentation to Harris County in October. Later that month I <br />received notice of a grant award for FY08 for $352 from Harris County. This grant is <br />contingent upon La Porte being awarded a grant from the Texas Department of <br />Agriculture. <br /> <br />I submitted the certification from Harris County and all other necessary information to <br />the State and in December received an award letter for a grant of $3,949.10. These <br />funds must be used to directly supplement or extend existing meal services to the <br />homebound elderly. I plan to purchase Heater Meals, meal supplements (fruit, <br />holiday baskets, etc.) in addition to funding the unreimbursed meals for FY08. <br /> <br />At this point, I need to submit an invoice to Harris County for the amount due us from <br />the county grant ($352). <br /> <br />Michael Dolby indicated the three of us should meet to discuss the grant and how <br />best to set up the account. <br /> <br />Please advise. <br />