Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) (10.568)

Also known as Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$963 million
• Grant awards871
• Typical award$576,866
• Awarded in FY 2025$131 million
• Size rank263 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $213 million in fiscal 2021 to $131 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 263rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 79% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 55 states and territories.

What the program funds

Provide funding to State agencies and local organizations for storage and distribution costs incurred to issues The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) USDA Foods.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

State agencies that are designated as distributing agencies by the Governor or other appropriate State executive authority may receive these administrative funds to support the distribution of USDA Foods to low-income persons.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Administrative funds are provided to State agencies to cover administrative costs incurred at the State and local level in the operation of the program. Funds may only be used for approved administrative expenses, and the State agency is required to pass through at least 40 percent of the funds to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. In addition, the States must match, either in cash or in-kind, the amount of administrative funds not passed through to emergency feeding organizations. States may choose sites that distribute to low-income households and/or congregate sites that provide prepared meals to the needy. Allowable costs include nutrition education, warehousing, food delivery, participant certification, and other administrative costs.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title Agriculture, Part 251.9, Subpart a-f,Public Law Public Law 88–525.FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008States are required to pass through to emergency feeding organizations at least 40 percent of the administrative funds allocated to the State. States are required to match, either as cash or in-kind contribution, 100 percent of the administrative funds not passed through to emergency feeding organizations.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply All participating agencies do so via a federal/state agreement.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

In Fiscal Year 2024, the range for assistance to State agencies was from $67,586 to $21,150,903, after conversions and recoveries; the average amount of regular administrative assistance was $2,688,146.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

54 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.