Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $409,247.75 Formula Grant to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services on October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA #10.565). The purpose of this funding is to improve the health of low-income elderly persons aged 60 and over by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA foods distributed through local non-profit agencies.

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services will oversee distribution of USDA foods to five sub-awardees who will directly provide supplemental food to eligible recipients. The sub-awardees are Area 2 Agency on Aging, Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc., Flathead Food Bank Inc., Action for Eastern Montana, Inc., and Western Montana Area VI Agency on Aging, Inc. All sub-awardees are non-profit organizations that distribute food to low-income elderly individuals through their existing nutrition assistance programs. This funding will allow them to increase access to nutritious food and help improve health outcomes among this vulnerable population.