### Question
How is the term eligible entity defined?


### Answer
The term **eligible entity** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 7517* as the following:

> a public food program service provider or nonprofit organization, including an emergency feeding organization, that has collaborated, or will collaborate, with 1 or more local partner organizations to achieve at least 1 hunger-free communities goal

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 7517*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 102-EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE**

