Commodity and Food Bank

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).  This program works to improve the health of low-income elderly people at least 60 years of age; pregnant or breastfeeding women or other new mothers up to one year postpartum; infants; and children up to age six. 

Commodity Foods are purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture from national manufacturers.  They are distributed nationwide to CSFP warehouses and packaged for distribution to participants such as you.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).  EFAP is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Kentuckians by providing them with healthful foods at no cost.  Under EFAP, commodity foods are made available to local agencies for distribution to needy households for use in preparing meals for home consumption, or to organizations that prepare and provide meals for the needy.