The population served by the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is similar to that served by USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), but CSFP also serves elderly people, and provides food rather than the food vouchers that WIC participants receive. Eligible people cannot participate in both programs at the same time. CSFP food packages do not provide a complete diet, but rather are good sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the target population.
Food packages include a variety of foods, such as infant formula and cereal, non-fat 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. The CSFP works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. It provides food and administrative funds to States to supplement the diets of these groups.
State: All
Age: All
Incomes Up To (approx.): $ 30,000
Subject Category: Health/Living Expenses
Contact: For more information about this program, we suggest that you contact your CSFP State Distributing Agency. A list of State Contacts may be found on the FD web site at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/contacts/sdacontacts.htm. Contact Food & Nutrition Service, Food Distribution Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 504, Alexandria, VA 22302-1500; 703 305-2680 (Phone)
Application: NA
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