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Social Services details emergency food pop-ups during shutdown and outlines Measure W/LIHEAP next steps
Summary
Andrea Ford told the committee the Social Services Agency partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank for pop-up distributions at self‑sufficiency centers that delivered roughly 9,000–10,000 pounds per day; staff will present a Measure W spending plan to the board Dec. 9.
Andrea Ford, agency director for social services, told the Social Services Committee on Nov. 24 that Alameda County coordinated with the Alameda County Community Food Bank to run emergency pop-up food distributions during the recent federal government shutdown.
Ford said four self‑sufficiency centers hosted distributions, including a mobile "food truck" concept at the Enterprise site. "For each one of their distributions, they had about 10,000 pounds of food that was distributed per day," she said, later clarifying individual days produced "9,000 and something" pounds on rainier days.
Measure W and LIHEAP: Ford said federal LIHEAP funding was restored and that staff will return to the full board on Dec. 9 with a plan for Spectrum Community Services to spend the additional Measure W funds. Ford told the committee that Spectrum is working with county finance on a revised scope of work to outline spending.
HR1 implications: Ford told the committee that the most immediate impacts of HR1 on social services are (1) the ABOD work requirement for CalFresh, which has not been implemented in California pending federal guidance, and (2) Medi‑Cal changes affecting the UIS population that take effect in January.
Context and next steps: Ford said, to her knowledge, the federal government had not yet sent funds to the state but that the plan is to get money out to the state by the end of the month; staff will present a detailed spending plan to the board Dec. 9. The committee heard no public comment on the item.
Note on transcript numbers: the director referenced an "additional $3,000,000 in Measure W funds" and also mentioned a dollar figure for Spectrum in the same exchange; the transcript contains both "$3,000,000" and "$33,000,000" in nearby lines; article reports the $3,000,000 figure as the described additional allocation and notes the alternate figure as appearing in the meeting transcript for verification.
