[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR247.1] [Page 400-402] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents Sec. 247.1 Definitions. Sec. 247.1 Definitions. 247.2 The purpose and scope of CSFP. 247.3 Administering agencies. 247.4 Agreements. 247.5 State and local agency responsibilities. 247.6 State Plan. 247.7 Selection of local agencies. 247.8 Individuals applying to participate in CSFP. 247.9 Eligibility requirements. 247.10 Distribution and use of CSFP commodities. 247.11 Applicants exceed caseload levels. 247.12 Rights and responsibilities. 247.13 Provisions for non-English or limited-English speakers. 247.14 Other public assistance programs. 247.15 Notification of eligibility or ineligibility of applicant. 247.16 Certification period. 247.17 Notification of discontinuance of participant. 247.18 Nutrition education. 247.19 Dual participation. 247.20 Program violations. 247.21 Caseload assignment. 247.22 Allocation and disbursement of administrative funds to State agencies. 247.23 State provision of administrative funds to local agencies. 247.24 Recovery and redistribution of caseload and administrative funds. 247.25 Allowable uses of administrative funds and other funds. 247.26 Return of administrative funds. 247.27 Financial management. 247.28 Storage and inventory of commodities. 247.29 Reports and recordkeeping. 247.30 Claims. 247.31 Audits and investigations. [[Page 401]] 247.32 Termination of agency participation. 247.33 Fair hearings. 247.34 Management reviews. 247.35 Local agency appeals of State agency actions. 247.36 Confidentiality of applicants or participants. 247.37 Civil rights requirements. Authority: Sec. 5, Pub. L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 249, as added by Sec. 1304(b)(2), Pub. L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 980 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 1335, Pub. L. 97-98, 95 Stat. 1293 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 209, Pub. L. 98-8, 97 Stat. 35 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 2(8), Pub. L. 98-92, 97 Stat. 611 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 1562, Pub. L. 99-198, 99 Stat. 1590 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 101(k), Pub. L. 100-202; sec. 1771(a), Pub. L. 101-624, 101 Stat. 3806 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); sec. 402(a), Pub. L. 104-127, 110 Stat. 1028 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); Pub. L. 107-171. Source: 70 FR 47063, Aug. 11, 2005, unless otherwise noted. Following is a list of definitions that apply to the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). Applicant means any person who applies to receive program benefits. Applicants include program participants applying for recertification. Breastfeeding women means women up to one year postpartum who are breastfeeding their infants. Caseload means the number of persons the State agency may serve on an average monthly basis over the course of the caseload cycle. Caseload cycle means the period from January 1 through the following December 31. Certification means the use of procedures to determine an applicant's eligibility for the program. Certification period means the period of time that a participant may continue to receive program benefits without a review of his or her eligibility. Children means persons who are at least one year of age but have not reached their sixth birthday. Commodities means nutritious foods purchased by USDA to supplement the diets of CSFP participants. CSFP means the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Department means the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Disqualification means the act of ending Program participation of a participant as a punitive sanction. Dual participation means simultaneous participation by an individual in CSFP and the WIC Program, or in CSFP at more than one distribution site. Elderly persons means persons at least 60 years of age. Fiscal year means the period from October 1 through the following September 30. FNS means the Food and Nutrition Service. Infants means persons under one year of age. Local agency means a public or private nonprofit agency, including an Indian tribal organization, which enters into an agreement with the State agency to administer CSFP at the local level. Nonprofit agency means a private agency or organization with tax- exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code, or that has applied for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. Postpartum women means women up to one year after termination of pregnancy. Proxy means any person designated by a participant, or by the participant's adult parent or caretaker, to obtain supplemental foods on behalf of the participant. 7 CFR part 250 means the Department's regulations pertaining to the donation of foods for use in USDA food distribution programs. 7 CFR part 3016 means the Department's regulations pertaining to administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements with State, local, and Indian tribal governments. 7 CFR part 3019 means the Department's regulations pertaining to administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations. 7 CFR part 3052 means the Department's regulations pertaining to audits of States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. [[Page 402]] State agency means the agency designated by the State to administer CSFP at the State level; an Indian tribe or tribal organization recognized by the Department of the Interior that administers the program for a specified tribe or tribes; or, the appropriate area office of the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services. State Plan means the document that describes the manner in which the State agency intends to administer the program in the State. Subdistributing agency means an agency or organization that has entered into an agreement with the State agency to perform functions normally performed by the State, such as entering into agreements with eligible recipient agencies under which commodities are made available, ordering commodities and/or making arrangements for the storage and delivery of such commodities on behalf of eligible recipient agencies. WIC Program means the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.