Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Administracion De Desarrollo Socioeconomico De La Familia $469,474 on October 1, 2025, under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA 10.565), a formula grant supporting administrative costs for distributing nutritious USDA food packages to low-income elderly persons age 60 and older in Puerto Rico.

The recipient, Puerto Rico's territorial social services agency based in San Juan, uses the funding to identify eligible beneficiaries, process applications and eligibility determinations, manage benefit distributions, oversee USDA commodity storage and distribution logistics, and maintain three-year record retention compliance. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program distributes supplemental food packages through public and nonprofit private local agencies such as food banks and community action organizations; USDA Foods and administrative funds flow from the federal level to state and territorial agencies, which in turn distribute resources to participating local agencies.

The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Puerto Rico. As a state-equivalent entity, Administracion De Desarrollo Socioeconomico De La Familia receives direct federal allocations tied to congressionally mandated formulas based on Puerto Rico's proportional share of eligible low-income elderly populations and strategically sub-awards portions of federal funding to local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community providers across the island to implement program delivery.