[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: 7CFR247.3]

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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 are inconsistent with the provisions of this part.

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