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Commodity Supplemental Food Program
(CSFP)
Why This Resource
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides nutritious foods to
Is Useful:
low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, postpartum new mothers, infants,
children, and the elderly.
Eligibility:
People.
Women, infants, children, and the elderly must reside in one of the eligible states or
on one of the Indian reservations that participate in CSFP. Women, infants, and
children must meet income eligibility requirements established by the state, while
elderly persons must have income at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty
income guidelines. States may establish local residency requirements based on
designated service areas. States may also require that participants be at nutritional
risk. Risk assessment can be based on a variety of measures, including height and
weight measurements and blood tests. Examples of nutritional risk conditions include
anemia and inappropriate weight for height.
Description:
Along with nutrition education information, participants receive monthly food
packages targeted to the nutritional needs of their specific group, such as pregnant or
postpartum women, infants, children, or the elderly. Food packages include a variety
of foods such as infant formula and cereal, nonfat dry and evaporated milk, juice,
farina, oats, ready-to-eat cereal, rice, pasta, egg mix, peanut butter, dry beans or peas,
canned meat or poultry or tuna, and canned fruits and vegetables. Congress appropri-
ated $88.3 million for CSFP in fiscal year 2000. For FY 1999, the appropriation was
$86 million. More than 380,000 people each month participated in the program in FY
1999, including more than 269,000 elderly people and more than 112,000 women,
infants, and children.
Best Practices:
HOPE is a community organization located in Detroit, Michigan that has been
involved in providing CSFP benefits to eligible recipients since the program's incep-
tion in 1969. At the food distribution sites, nutrition education is also provided
through nutrition videos and cooking demonstrations, and reading areas are provided
for children. HOPE also provides extensive job training and educational opportunities
for local residents.
Deadlines:
State agencies must submit a state plan, or state plan amendments, by August 15 to be
able to participate in the following fiscal year.
Contacts:
The program is administered by state agencies such as departments of health, social
services, education, or agriculture, which store the food and distribute it to public and
nonprofit private local agencies. However, national information can be obtained
through USDA, FNS, Food Distribution Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexan-
dria, VA 22302, (703) 305-2680. For more information, please ask FNS for the state
CSFP distributing agency directory.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/MENU/APPLICANTS/SUPPLEMENTAL/
csfphom.htm
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