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Resolution to Accept a Fair Food Network Grant for the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market for up to $50,000.00 and Appropriate Funds (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve an agreement with Fair Food Network (FFN) to administer the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market and to accept and appropriate up to $50,000.00 in funding into the Major Grants Fund.
DUFB is a statewide program providing incentives to encourage healthier food choices for food stamp recipients, directly benefiting low-income families and local farmers in Michigan and working to impact future food and nutrition policy. The DUFB program provides a match of up to $20/person/day for those customers using SNAP (Bridge Cards/EBT/Food Stamps) to purchase Michigan grown fruits and vegetables at farmer's markets across Michigan.
Participation in this program relates closely to multiple Sustainability Goals:
? Engaged Community
? Human Services
? Economic Vitality
? Local Food
Since 2010, the City of Ann Arbor has received grant funding from FFN to administer the DUFB program at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market. Interest and participation in the program has grown steadily. In 2010 the Market performed $4,878.00 in DUFB transactions. By 2014 the amount had grown to $30,300.00. Beginning in 2015, DUFB will be offered year round for the first time. Because of this continued growth and difficulty in predicting future usage, the resolution allows the acceptance and appropriation of additional DUFB funds upon receipt.
Staff
Prepared by: Carrie DeWitt, Acting Market Manager
Reviewed by: Colin Smith, Manager of Parks and Recreation Services
Sumedh Bahl, Community Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Steven D. Powers, City Administrator
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Whereas, Double Up Food Bucks is a statewide program providing incentives to encourage healthier food choices for food stamp recipients, directly benefiting l...
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