Cap csfp-admin grants to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Louisiana Department of Health $3.541 million on October 1, 2025, under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA 10.565) to administer and distribute supplemental nutrition assistance to low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age throughout Louisiana.

The award funds administrative costs for the state agency's delivery of USDA Foods packages to eligible participants through public and non-profit private local agencies such as food banks and community action organizations. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program distributes both food and administrative funds to participating state agencies, which work to provide supplemental food packages—designed to supplement diets with nutritious USDA Foods rather than provide complete nutrition—to eligible low-income seniors.

The Louisiana Department of Health, operating as the Office of Public Health, serves as the state agency responsible for CSFP implementation across Louisiana's 64 parishes. The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with performance in Louisiana. As the state CSFP administrator, Louisiana Department of Health distributes USDA Foods and administrative funds to local agencies and maintains required records for three fiscal years from the end of the fiscal year to which they pertain.