Title
Resolution to Accept a Fair Food Network Grant for the Ann Arbor Farmers Market for $51,000.00 and Appropriate Funds (8 Votes Required).
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve a agreement with Fair Food Network (FFN) to administer the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market and to accept and appropriate a total of $51,000.00 in funding into the Major Grants Fund.
DUFB is a national program providing incentives to facilitate better fresh food access for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The program directly benefits low-income families and local farmers alike while positively impacting future food and nutrition policy. The DUFB program provides a match of up to $20 per person per day to those customers using SNAP to purchase locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs, and food plants at Michigan farmers markets.
Since 2010, the City of Ann Arbor has received grant funding from the FFN to administer the DUFB program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. This grant provides a total of $51,000.00 to the City of Ann Arbor to administer the Double Up Food Bucks program.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: If approved by City Council, the City would accept and appropriate funding in the amount of $51,000.00 from the Fair Food Network and establish a grant revenue and expenditure budget in the Major Grants fund for the DUFB program without regard to fiscal year.
Staff
Prepared by: Remy Long, Parks and Recreation Deputy Manager
Reviewed by: Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, DUFB is a national program providing incentives to facilitate better fresh food access for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, which directly benefits low-income families and Michigan farmers alike, while positively impacting future food and nutrition policy;
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor has received grant ...
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