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The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides nutritious supplemental food to pregnant women, post-partum women and children under the age of six years. CSFP is also available to seniors 60 years of age and older.
CSFP does not provide all the food a person needs. It provides supplemental food with good sources of nutrients which may be lacking in the diets of the participants.
PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE:
Infants
An infant receives iron-fortified formula and after four months may also receive rice cereal and juice.
Children, Women, Seniors
- Milk - evaporated and non-fat dry milk
- Fruit & Vegetables - canned fruits & vegetables, canned juices
- Cereals
- Rice, Instant Potatoes, Macaroni
- Canned meat
- Peanut Butter
All commodity foods are supplied by the USDA. They do not need to be refrigerated until they have been opened, except for the cheese, which must be refrigerated. Help is available for learning how to prepare some of the foods. To qualify, participants must set up an appointment and bring the following items with them: Drivers license, proof of income, proof of address, and for a child, a birth certificate. Customers cannot participate in CSFP and the WIC program at the same time for the same child.
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska's CSFP Program serves the following counties: Adams, Arthur, Buffalo, Chase, Clay, Dawson, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Grant, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Kearney, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Nuckolls, Perkins, Phelps, Red Willow, Thomas, and Webster.
Monthly clinics are held in Kearney (Buffalo County)
Bi-monthly clinics are held in the following communities:
Alma, Arapahoe, Beaver City, Benkelman, Cambridge, Clay Center, Cozad, Franklin, Grant, Hastings, Imperial, Lexington, Minden, Nelson, Ogallala, Oxford, Paxton, Red Cloud, and Sutherland.
For more information call the representative closest to you.
Beverly McNiff - Franklin - (308) 425-3726
Katie Shaw- Hastings - (402) 463-7679
Linda Martin - Kearney - (308) 865-5680
Sarah Anderson - Lexington- (308) 324-4219
Barb Ostrum - McCook - (308) 345-1187
Linda Martin - Minden - (308) 832-1829
Jennifer Jones - North Platte - (308) 534-3240
For more information, please contact
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
Commodity Foods
114 East 11th , PO Box 2288
Kearney, NE 68848
(308) 865-5683
Fax (308) 865-5684
This program is partially funded by your local United Way.
