[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: 7CFR247.3]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 247.3  Administering agencies.



    (a) What agencies are responsible for administering CSFP? CSFP is 

administered at the Federal level by the Department's Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS), which provides commodities, assigns caseload, and 

allocates administrative funds to State agencies. State agencies are 

responsible for administering the program at the State level. The State 

agency may select local agencies to administer the program in local 

areas of the State. The State agency must provide guidance to local 

agencies on all aspects of program operations. The State agency may also 

select subdistributing agencies (e.g., another State agency, a local 

governmental agency, or a nonprofit organization) to distribute or store 

commodities, or to perform other program functions on behalf of the 

State agency. Local or subdistributing agencies may also select other 

agencies to perform specific program functions (e.g., food distribution 

or storage), with the State agency's approval. Although the State agency 

may select other organizations to perform specific activities, the State 

agency is ultimately responsible for all aspects of program 

administration.

    (b) Are there specific functions that the State agency cannot 

delegate to another agency? Yes. The State agency may not delegate the 

performance of the following functions to another agency:

    (1) Establishing eligibility requirements, in accordance with the 

options provided to the State agency under Sec. 247.9; or

    (2) Establishing a management review system and conducting reviews 

of local agencies, in accordance with Sec. 247.34.

    (c) What Federal requirements must State, subdistributing, and local 

agencies follow in administering CSFP? State, subdistributing, and local 

agencies must administer the program in accordance with the provisions 

of this part, and with the provisions contained in part 250 of this 

chapter, unless they



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are inconsistent with the provisions of this part.