Subject to subparagraph (B), in any fiscal year that a State agency submits a plan to reduce average food costs per participant and to increase participation above the level estimated for the State agency, the State agency may, with the approval of the Secretary, convert amounts allocated for food benefits for such fiscal year for costs of nutrition services and administration to the extent that such conversion is necessary—
(i)#
to cover allowable expenditures in such fiscal year; and
(ii)#
to ensure that the State agency maintains the level established for the per participant grant for nutrition services and administration for such fiscal year.