[Busmgrs] FW: Deletion of "Food Donation" from Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

[PATTERSON Mark]

See the message below.  CFDA # 10.550, commodities, has been deleted.  Any commodities will now roll into the specific program to which they apply.


Mark Patterson
Director, School Finance Unit
Office of Finance and Administration
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol Street N.E.
Salem, OR   97310-0203
Phone:  (503) 947-5625
Fax:  (503) 378-5156
email:  mark.patterson at state.or.us
website:  http://www.ode.state.or.us/

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From: Churma, Jim [mailto:Jim.Churma at fns.usda.gov]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:38 AM
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Subject: Deletion of "Food Donation" from Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
We recently received the clarification below from the FNS Food Distribution Division (FDD).

It has recently come to our attention that 10.550, Food Donation, has been deleted from the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).  Although this was done without FDD input or knowledge, we have long felt that 10.550 was redundant (and even misleading), as it simply included a general description of USDA food donation in the various programs, each of which have their own citation in the CFDA.  The primary purpose of the CFDA is for organizations (or individuals) to determine which types of Federal assistance or programs they should apply for.  However, auditors sometimes referenced 10.550 in doing commodity audits at State distributing agencies or recipient agencies, and its deletion has generated some questions.  If you receive such questions from auditors, or others, please assure them that the deletion of 10.550 does not reflect any change in donated food distribution in any of our programs, and refer them to the appropriate CFDA citation for the specific program or programs for which their activities would apply.  The CFDA citations for programs in which donated foods are provided are as follows:

NSLP:   10.555
CACFP:10.558
SFSP:  10.559

CSFP:                          10.565
FDPIR:                         10.567
TEFAP (admin. funds):  10.568
TEFAP (commodities):  10.569

For your information, here is a link to the CFDA website: http://www.cfda.gov/

Please let us know if you have questions.

JAMES M. CHURMA, Chief
Special Nutrition Programs Section I (Northwest & Pacific)
Food and Nutrition Service
Western Region



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