FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2007) – Officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will present a check for more than $1.4 million to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ (CHFS) Department for Community Based Services on Thursday as an award for exemplary service delivery in the state’s Food Stamp Program.

Officials will be available to answer media questions after the presentation ceremony.

WHAT: USDA check presentation to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services‘ Department for Community Based Services

WHO: USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Roberto Salazar
           CHFS Deputy Secretary Tom Emberton Jr.
      CHFS Department for Community Based Services Commissioner Mark A. Washington

WHEN: 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007

WHERE: Capitol rotunda, Frankfort

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