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County alarmed as South Central agency stops commodity distribution at AgCenter; officials seek clarity from USDA state office
Summary
County officials reported that South Central Human Resource Agency will no longer distribute USDA commodities at the AgCenter; staff have contacted the USDA state office and local agency staff for clarification and are awaiting a response.
County staff reported that South Central Human Resource Agency will no longer distribute USDA commodities at the AgCenter and that the recent distribution was the last one under the current arrangement.
A commissioner said South Central notified the county by email that it would not hold future commodity distributions at the AgCenter. The commissioner said they contacted the USDA state office and were put in touch with the state commodities administrator and had sent emails seeking clarification. The commissioner also copied April Wilson at South Central Human Resource Agency but had not yet received a response.
"It's concerning to me that we're not having the commodities because I know a lot of elderly and disabled people depended on that," the commissioner said. Committee members agreed to follow up and seek additional information; no timeline or final decision was recorded in the transcript.
The committee did not record specific contingency plans, alternative distribution sites, or written confirmation from the USDA or South Central in the meeting record.
