Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $573,489 Formula Grant to the Washington State Department of Agriculture under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA #10.565) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The grant funding will support the provision of USDA Foods and funding to six local emergency food providers—Central Kitsap Food Bank, Rural Resources Community Action, Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County, Thurston County Food Bank, Community Services of Moses Lake, Inc., and Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest—to improve the health of low-income elderly persons aged 60 and over through supplemental food distributions. The sub-awardees will use the funding to provide CSFP food and/or monetary support to low-income individuals through their respective emergency food assistance networks.