[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR247.17]

[Page 416]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  247.17  Notification of discontinuance of participant.

    (a) What must a local agency do if it has evidence that a 
participant is no longer eligible for CSFP benefits during the 
certification period? If a local agency has evidence that a participant 
is no longer eligible for CSFP benefits during the certification period, 
it must provide the participant with a written notification of 
discontinuance at least 15 days before the effective date of 
discontinuance.
    (b) What must a local agency do if it has to discontinue a 
participant from participation in the program prior to the end of the 
certification period due to the lack of resources necessary to continue 
providing benefits to the participant? If a local agency does not have 
sufficient resources, such as a sufficient number of caseload slots, to 
continue providing benefits to the participant(s) for the entire 
certification period, it must provide the participant(s) with a written 
notification of discontinuance at least 15 days before the effective 
date of discontinuance.
    (c) What must be included in the notification of discontinuance? The 
notification of discontinuance must include the effective date of 
discontinuance, the reason for the participant's discontinuance, a 
statement of the individual's right to appeal the discontinuance through 
the fair hearing process, in accordance with Sec.  247.33(a), and a 
statement that informs the applicant that program standards are applied 
without discrimination by race, color, national origin, age, sex, or 
disability.