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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to execute multiple no cost Memorandums of Understanding with eligible restaurants in Monterey County to allow those restaurants to serve meals to homeless, elderly, or disabled CalFresh recipients which will be paid for with the recipients CalFresh benefits, with the term of each Memorandum of Understanding being up to three (3) years.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to execute multiple no cost Memorandums of Understanding with eligible restaurants in Monterey County to allow those restaurants to serve meals to homeless, elderly, or disabled CalFresh recipients which will be paid for with the recipients CalFresh benefits, with the term of each Memorandum of Understanding being up to three (3) years.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The CalFresh (CF) Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), as allowed in federal regulation, is an optional county program that enables homeless, disabled, and/or elderly CF recipients and their spouses to use their CF benefits to purchase prepared meals at participating restaurants. All CF recipients who are eligible for the RMP can utilize their benefits in all RMP approved restaurants statewide, regardless of whether the recipient's county of residence is a RMP participating county. For calendar year 2018, there are presently ten counties participating in RMP, with one more county (Riverside) approved and moving toward implementation later this year. The ten RMP counties include Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.
Senate Bill (SB) 282 prohibits a restaurant/vendor from participating in the RMP unless the restaurant/vendor permits customers to make in-store purchases, maintains a current public health license, and complies with all federal, state, and local health and safety ...
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