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Commodity Supplemental Food Program

Program Information

Popular name

CSFP

Program Number

10.565

Program objective

To improve the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods, distributed through public and non-profit private local agencies such as food banks and community action organizations.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    States have an assigned caseload of 619,000 in calendar year 2016, which includes 5,000 caseload slots for one new State, and received administrative funds totaling $45,854,000 in FY 2016 For FY 2016, program participation averaged 585,293 individuals monthly, including 584,929 elderly, and 365 children. States received administrative funds totaling $45,854,000.

  2. 2017

    States have an assigned caseload of 697,865 in calendar year 2017, which includes 5,000 caseload slots for one new State, and received administrative funds totaling $50,739,000 in FY 2017

  3. 2018

    Fiscal Year 2018: States have an assigned caseload of 728,552 in calendar year 2018, which includes 2,300 caseload slots for new State agencies, and received administrative funds totaling $54,873,125 in FY 2018.

  4. 2019

    States have an assigned caseload of 736,110 in calendar year 2019, which includes 7,558 caseload slots for new State agencies, and received administrative funds totaling $57,683,727 in FY 2019.

  5. 2020

    States were assigned caseload of 736,110 in calendar year 2020 and were allocated administrative funds totaling $59,620,931 in FY 2020.

  6. 2024

    Fiscal Year 2024: States have an assigned caseload of 731,933 in the calendar year 2024 and were allocated administrative funds totaling $72,969,937 in FY 2024.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

7 CFR Part 247 is available without charge from the Department.

  1. The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, 7, 4.
  2. 7 U.S.C. § 612c.