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2016 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grant Request Narrative Submitted by Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix Local government entity to accept and disburse funds on behalf of YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix: Melody Henderson Maricopa County Government Relations 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Office: (602) 506-4485 Organization Information: Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix 2999 N. 44th St. #250 Phoenix, AZ 85018 Main Contact: Regina Edwards, Executive Director Office: (602) 258-0990 Email: regina.edwards@ywcaaz.org 1. The proposed program or project, and whether or not it is a new or continuing project. Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix requests $25,000 for our Valley West Senior Center that provides congregate meals, social activities, companionship, and transportation to 1,150 low-income senior and disabled adults in the Glendale area. YWCA coordinates services among four locations to provide nutritionally balanced hot meals at noon, educational opportunities, self-improvement activities, health screenings, health fairs, activities, and outings to engage and support clients. YWCA delivers meals and companionship to clients who are homebound and provides other transportation as needed. Home meal delivery also serves as a social visit and wellness check. These visits often loneliness, isolation, and mental health status checks. The Centers also provide pet food for client animal companions through our We Feed Four Feet program. All YWCA program staff are trained and undergo background checks. Program Goal: 1) Seniors and/or disabled adults eat at least one nutritious meal each week day. Objectives: 1) Provide 33,000 congregate meals to seniors and disabled adults in the Glendale area at one of four multi-cultural centers. 2) Deliver 60,000 hot, nutritious meals to homes of seniors and disabled adults unable to visit one of our Centers. Activities: 1) Serve one hot, nutritious meal each weekday at one of three senior center locations and once a month at an additional senior center. 2) Registered dietitian approves all meal menus. 3) Provide transportation to and from each senior center location for congregate lunch participants. 4) Provide meal delivery for homebound participants. 5) Schedule Health and Wellness presentations at two centers twice a month. 6) Provide socialization activities, special events, community resources, supplemental food programs, health fairs, and health screenings to address loneliness and isolation. 2. The purpose of the program or project and how it meets one or more of Fort McDowell’s funding priorities (i.e., education, public safety, health, environment, and economic and community development) This program serves the public by providing nutritious hot meals, disease prevention, wellness activities, recreational activities that promote physical fitness, nutrition in seniors and disabled adults. 2016 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grant Request Narrative Submitted by Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix 3. The need that the program or project aims to fulfill, the population targeted, and the estimated number of people who will be served by the grant. The City of Glendale reports that it’s fastest growing population segment is baby boomers, ages 55 to 64. This is the age group most at risk for senior hunger according to Meals on Wheels Association of America Foundation. In Glendale, 12% of the elderly live in poverty in comparison to the national average of 8.9%. The U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor maintains that proper nutrition extends seniors’ lives and helps them maintain independence when combined with recreation, socialization, and education. Nutrition programs prevent or delay placement of senior in nursing homes and help people manage chronic health conditions, according to the Massachusetts Dietetic Association. The AARP reports that more than one-third of seniors surveyed are lonely, and the statistics are higher for low-income seniors (Loneliness Among Older Adults, A National Survey by AARP, September 2010.) In general, better nutrition improves overall health, immune systems, and functionality. Key findings from our statistics include that 57% of participants report their meal from YWCA as their main meal and 47% report as their only meal of the day. The impact is that a majority of the elderly participants avoid hunger and hunger related illness. This program will serve approximately 1,150 low-income disabled adults and seniors in Glendale aged 55 years and older. 4. The partners in the program or project, and other entities providing funding and support (please indicate whether the organization will be submitting applications to any other tribes). The YWCA collaborates and shares resource with several agencies in the west Valley with a goal to eliminate elderly hunger, and the only organization that delivers meals to the elderly in the West Valley. The Valley West Senior Center coordinates meal service and delivery among three other multi-cultural centers including Glendale Community Center, Glendale Adult Center, and the Japanese Senior Center. The City of Glendale provides recreation and socialization activities. St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance shares maintenance food and supply items, and stocks our food pantry with take home items. Gleaners Brown Bag Program supplies free food products out of the Valley West Senior Center weekly and Waste Not provides excess food products. The YWCA Center also collaborates with the Area Agency on Aging to develop, coordinate, and deliver services to seniors. For more than 10 years, the YWCA Center also provides free use of our facility and multi-passenger van during off hours to the DEFAP and Fiesta Mexicana Dance Company, nonprofit whose mission is to reduce teenage drug abuse. YWCA will not submit an application to other tribes at this time. 5. Timetable for implementation of your program or project. This is a year round program with a fiscal year ending on June 30th.