Resolution retroactively approving a Contract between the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through the Human Services Agency, and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank for the provision of the CalFresh Stopgap Emergency Gift Card Initiative, for a term of two months from October 30, 2025, through December 31, 2025, for a total not to exceed amount of $9,100,000; and retroactively approving Amendment No. 1 adding repayment instructions, as well as revised repayment and reporting, effective January 30, 2026.

This resolution retroactively approves an emergency contract and its amendment between the Human Services Agency and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank for the CalFresh Stopgap Emergency Gift Card Initiative. The $9,100,000 contract, for the period of October 30, 2025, through December 31, 2025, was initiated due to an anticipated federal government shutdown threatening November CalFresh benefits for approximately 112,000 San Franciscans. The Food Bank, in partnership with GiveCard, provided prepaid gift cards to 82,000 low-income San Francisco households to ensure food access, jointly funded by the City and the Crankstart Foundation. Amendment No. 1, retroactively approved and effective January 30, 2026, clarifies repayment instructions and revises reporting requirements for unspent funds, with specific deadlines for returning funds by January 31, 2026, and April 30, 2026.