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Resource | Policy CSFP: Caseload Assignments for the 2026 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants

This final national caseload level ensures that resources are sufficient to provide full food packages to participants throughout the caseload cycle. We are allocating final caseload and administrative grants for 2026 to CSFP state agencies, including Tribes and U.S. territories.

12/19/2025
Resource | Policy CSFP: Announcement of Update to the Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates, Effective Sept. 1, 2025

In alignment with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ priorities to encourage healthy choices, healthy outcomes, and healthy families and connect America’s farmers to nutrition assistance programs, we are revising the CSFP Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates to reflect the foods currently available in the program.

08/11/2025
Resource | Policy CSFP: Caseload Assignments for the 2025 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants

This final national caseload level ensures that resources are sufficient to provide full food packages to participants throughout the caseload cycle. We are allocating final caseload and administrative grants for 2025 to CSFP state agencies, including Tribes and U.S. territories.

03/24/2025
Resource | Policy CSFP Submission of Additional Caseload Requests and State Plans for 2025

This document provides information on the requirements for submission of additional CSFP caseload requests for states and ITOs wishing to increase their assigned caseload in 2025.

10/31/2024
Resource | Policy Availability of Funding to Alleviate Emergency Supply Chain Disruption in CSFP

This letter is to inform state agencies operating the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, including Indian Tribal Organizations and U.S. territories who operate CSFP, of the opportunity to receive funding, in the form of direct cash assistance, for the purchase of domestically grown and produced foods.

08/26/2024
Resource | Policy Availability of Funding to Alleviate Emergency Supply Chain Disruption in FDPIR

This letter is to inform Indian Tribal Organizations and state agencies operating FDPIR of the opportunity to receive funding, in the form of direct cash assistance, for the purchase of domestically grown and produced foods.

08/12/2024
Resource | Policy FD-152: Discontinuance of the High Security Seal Requirement for USDA Foods Deliveries

This general USDA Foods guidance explains that the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service will discontinue the requirement for vendors to use high security seals to secure USDA Foods deliveries as of July 1, 2023. 

04/05/2023
Resource | Policy CSFP: Caseload Assignments for the 2022 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants

This memorandum and attached chart, Attachment A, provide 2022 caseload assignments for CSFP.

04/18/2022
Resource | Policy CSFP: Additional Caseload Assignments for the 2021 Caseload Cycle

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided additional funding for the CSFP. This memorandum provides information on this additional funding in the form of additional caseload allocations.

04/23/2021
Resource | Policy Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Guidance on Temporary Shortage of Ultra-High Temperature Fluid Milk

This memorandum is in regards to a temporary shortage of ultra-high temperature (UHT) fluid milk in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.

03/19/2021
Page updated: October 14, 2021