Commodity Supplemental Food Program for Seniors – CSFP

SENIORS IN NEED

Each month, many older adults in northeast Indiana must decide between purchasing food, filling prescriptions, or paying rent and utilities. Limited income and retirement savings do not cover all of their necessary living expenses. Commodity Supplemental Food Program, or CSFP, eases the decision for area seniors because they know they can count on groceries to supplement their food budget. CSFP works in conjunction with our SeniorPak Program. They operate side by side to ensure that the needs of seniors are met, whether they are mobile or medically homebound.

WHAT IS CSFP?

Unlike SeniorPak, which is an in-house program operated by Community Harvest, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) program is operated in partnership with the USDA to provide once-monthly bags of USDA foods to low-income seniors.

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HOW DO I GET CSFP?

If you would like to participate in the CSFP program, sign-up is required. To sign up or join the waiting list for the CSFP program, click to download a Printable Application in English, or a Printable Application in Spanish, or contact Candace at (260) 447-3696, Ext. 361.

If you participate in the CSFP program, you will receive monthly food for as long as needed. You may pick up your allotted food on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays between 8am and 4pm.

FEDERAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

The following percentages and dollar amounts of the total food bank costs will be financed with federal money:

TEFAP ($273,622, 6%)
CSFP ($49,735, 1%)
ISDA ($30,180, <1%)
ESFP ($85,076, 2%)
SFSP ($7,557, <1%)
CACFP ($96,936, 2%)

The percentage and dollar amount of the total food bank costs of the projects or programs that will be financed by nongovernmental sources is 87% ($4,408,190).

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) which can be obtained online at: www.usda.gov/oascr, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

Fax: (202) 690-7442; or

Email: program.intake@usda.gov.