Commodity Supplemental Food ProgramCaseload Assignment

This direct final rule amends provisions of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program Regulations to provide for the allocation of a single caseload to State agencies each year, instead of the allocation of two separate caseloads, one for women, infants, and children, and one for the elderly. This rule will permit State agencies, and the local agencies with which they have signed agreements, to utilize this single caseload to serve low-income women, infants, and children and elderly populations as needed, provided they give priority in service to women, infants, and children over the elderly. This rule will also streamline and simplify program management at the State and local level.