[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR226.3]

[Page 168]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 226_CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  226.3  Administration.

    (a) Within the Department, FNS shall act on behalf of the Department 
in the administration of the Program.
    (b) Within the States, responsibility for the administration of the 
Program shall be in the State agency, except that if FNS has 
continuously administered the Program in any State since October 1, 
1980, FNS shall continue to administer the Program in that State. A 
State in which FNS administers the Program may, upon request to FNS, 
assume administration of the Program.
    (c) Each State agency desiring to take part in the Program shall 
enter into a written agreement with the Department for the 
administration of the Program in the State in accordance with the 
provisions of this part. This agreement shall cover the operation of the 
Program during the period specified therein and may be extended by 
consent of both parties.
    (d) FNSRO shall, in each State in which it administers the Program, 
have available all funds and assume all responsibilities of a State 
agency as set forth in this part.