Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services $2,115,564 on October 1, 2025, under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA 10.565), a formula grant supporting administration and food delivery to low-income persons at least 60 years of age. The award period runs through September 30, 2026, with work performed in Missouri.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program provides nutritious USDA food packages that supplement diets of eligible low-income seniors. Missouri DHSS distributes USDA Foods and administrative funds to local agencies across the state, which assemble and deliver food packages to program participants.

Missouri DHSS passed funding to five sub-recipients, all non-profit food banks operating in Missouri: The Food Bank For Central & Northeast Missouri, Inc. (awarded April 10, 2026); Harvesters - The Community Food Network, ST Louis Area Food Bank Inc., Ozarks Food Harvest, Incorporated, and Southeast Missouri Food Bank Inc. (all awarded March 16, 2026). Each sub-recipient orders, maintains, stores, coordinates assembly, and delivers commodity food packages to eligible low-income seniors aged 60 and older across their respective service regions.