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2026-0973: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Twenty-Eight Cents ($194,388.28) in the form of a grant, Federal FY26 Nutrition Services Incentive Program, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund incentives to states and eligible tribal organizations for the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to individuals aged 60 and older, with the overarching goal of promoting health, reducing hunger and food insecurity, and supporting the ability of older individuals to remain independent and in their communities.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata).