On April 26, 2016 the Board approved a letter to designate the Shasta Senior Nutrition Program, Inc. as the official Shasta County Food Bank for Fiscal Years (FY) 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19.
On April 27, 2017 the County received a letter from Dignity Health-Shasta Senior Nutrition Program notifying the County that Golden Umbrella and Shasta Senior Nutrition Program (SSNP) would merge to become Dignity Health Connected Living effective July 1, 2017.
Today's recommendation would change the County's official Food Bank to Dignity Health Connected Living for FYs 2017-18 and 2018-19. This designations enables Dignity Health Connected Living to purchase bulk food at a low cost to share with community food lockers.
As the designated Food Bank for Shasta County, Dignity Health Connected Living serves low include residents of Shasta County through monthly distribution of government surplus commodities. During FYs 2015-16, SSNP distributed 1,778,600 pounds of food to Shasta County needy families and seniors. The Food Bank provides food assistance through the Senior Brown Bag Program, Emergency Food Assistance Program, Government Surplus Program, and coordinates with 17 local non-profit agencies and food closets in procuring food for the needy.