Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the South Carolina Department of Agriculture $937,066 under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA 10.565) on October 1, 2025, for the period of performance October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This formula grant funds administrative costs for CSFP operations in South Carolina, which distributes supplemental food packages to low-income elderly persons aged 60 and older through public and nonprofit local agencies such as food banks and community action organizations. Under the federal-state agreement framework, SCDA receives both USDA Foods and administrative funds, which it distributes to local participating agencies. State agencies maintain records of all receipts and dispositions and administer hearing procedures for local agency and individual participant appeals related to program eligibility and benefit determinations. Place of performance is South Carolina.