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ERAs
An Eligible Recipient Agency (ERA) is an organization which is public, or is private, possessing tax exempt status (in accordance with Federal Regulation, CFR 7 Section 251.5(a)(3)); and is not a penal institution; provides food assistance exclusively to needy persons for household consumption, pursuant to a means test, or predominantly to needy persons in the form of prepared meals, and has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for the receipt of commodities and/or administrative funds, or receives commodities and/or administrative funds under an agreement with another ERA which has signed an MOU with CDSS, and falls into one of the following categories: emergency feeding organizations (food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens); charitable institutions (hospitals, retirement homes); summer camps for children or child nutrition programs providing food service; nutrition projects operating under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (Nutrition Program for the Elderly); and disaster relief programs.
Follow the EFAP Staff County Assignment link to locate contact information for your assigned EFAP analyst.