Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Delivering for Rural Seniors Act creates a home-delivery pilot inside the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. USDA would award competitive grants to state agencies to increase low-income elderly persons' access to commodity foods through home delivery and evaluate those projects. A state grant is capped at the lesser of the state's CSFP caseload multiplied by $60 or $4 million. State agencies then distribute funds to eligible entities for transportation, distribution, packing, refrigeration, staffing, outreach, and related costs needed to deliver commodities to program participants. The bill is aimed at seniors who qualify for CSFP but face distance, mobility, or rural access barriers.
Who Benefits and How
Low-income elderly CSFP participants benefit because commodity foods can be delivered to their homes instead of requiring pickup. Rural seniors benefit from grants that address transportation and distribution barriers in sparsely served areas. State CSFP agencies benefit from competitive grant funding to test delivery models and evaluate access improvements. Local food-delivery partners benefit from subgrants for transportation, packing, refrigeration, outreach, and staffing.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA must run the competitive grant program, evaluate projects, and oversee state agency compliance. State agencies must apply for grants, distribute funds to eligible entities, and manage pilot reporting. Eligible delivery entities must handle commodity transport, storage, distribution, and participant outreach. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of new pilot grants layered on top of the existing commodity food program.
Key Provisions
- Creates a Commodity Supplemental Food Program home-delivery pilot for low-income elderly persons.
- Authorizes competitive grants to state agencies capped by caseload times $60 or $4 million.
- Funds transportation, distribution, refrigeration, staffing, outreach, and delivery-related costs.
- Requires evaluation of pilot projects that increase access to commodity foods.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a Commodity Supplemental Food Program home-delivery pilot awarding competitive grants to state agencies, capped at the lesser of caseload times $60 or $4 million per state grant.
Key Policy Areas
Nutrition, Seniors, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
Creates a Commodity Supplemental Food Program home-delivery pilot awarding competitive grants to state agencies, capped at the lesser of caseload times $60 or $4 million per state grant.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Low-income elderly CSFP participants
- Rural seniors
- State CSFP agencies
- Local food-delivery partners
Identified Costs
- USDA
- State agencies
- Eligible delivery entities
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and …
Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Ms. Crockett) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
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