CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program - who is eligible, guidelines, how to sign up.
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a USDA nutrition program that offers free monthly nutrition information and a box of nutritrious foods.
Do you know someone in need of free monthly boxes?
CSFP eligibility.
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60 years of age or older, living in Vermont and income-eligible.
- A child under 6 years of age and not already in the WIC program.
- A woman who is pregnant or post-partum for less than a year and not already in the WIC program.
- Individual and/or household income will be used to determine eligibility.
- Each household member may be eligible, and will need to complete and application form.
Each eligible person receives his or her own box of nutritious foods once a month delievered to the Community Food Shelf located at 1375 Cross Road, Jay VT. Pick up is available from 9am-noon each Thursday. People can participate in other commodity programs at the same time, but they cannot be enrolled in more than one CSFP site.
Sample Income Guidlines
Elder:
1 person $1106. per month
2 people $1483. per month
Women/Children:
1 person $1574. per month
2 people $2111. per month
Go to your local Community Food Shelf ( for the towns of Jay, Lowell, North Troy, Troy, Westfield) located at 1375 Cross Road, Jay VT, Thursdays, 9am-noon to get application and sign up, or call Kim Lucier at 802-744-2441 or the VT Food Bank at 800.585.2265 to have questions answered and to enroll).