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Discussion on home-delivered meals funding and seven-day service
0:59:01
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Council Member Lee inquires about the increased reimbursement rate for home-delivered meals and the status of seven-day meal service. Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez provides updates on the current situation and funding structure.
- Reimbursement rate for home-delivered meals increased from $11.78 to $13.78
- Seven-day meal service currently provided through a public-private partnership
- No current analysis of the cost to provide city-funded seven-day meal service
Linda Lee
0:59:01
So yeah, so I just want to make sure that there's some sort of commitment there and I know that I'm happy to see that the homebound delivery meal price reimbursement went up from $11.78 to $13.78 which is great.
0:59:16
Is the $13.78 also the same price that the subcontractors will be
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:59:19
getting if there are still subcontractors or?
0:59:23
No, that's a negotiated rate between the provider
Linda Lee
0:59:26
and the Okay.
0:59:29
Is there a way to overstate?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:59:30
We're trying to get more contractors subcontract the commissary so that that could stay within the network and we could manage costs that way also.
0:59:40
Remember commissary kitchens.
Linda Lee
0:59:42
Okay.
0:59:44
And forgive me because I know that we had this whole thing where we were trying to push the seven day meals for homebound delivery meals and so given the current budget status, don't know, is that included or what's the status of that if you could give us an update and also yeah just where things are at with that.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:00:02
Right now the meals beyond the five per week are done through a private public partnership.
1:00:11
Right.
1:00:11
Of which the city contributes to that public private partnership and that public private partnership.
1:00:20
The in kind support to that public private partnership is considerable because it builds on the network.
1:00:26
But there's been no review or analysis of what it would cost to provide those meals seven days through the city.
Linda Lee
1:00:37
Okay, so there's no number that we have?
1:00:39
We don't
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:00:39
have a number at this point.
1:00:41
Okay.
Linda Lee
1:00:43
Let me have a I'll have a follow-up with you about that afterwards.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:00:48
Can provide that number?
1:00:50
Yeah.
1:00:51
Okay.
1:00:51
We can provide that number to you.