Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $324,557 Formula Grant to the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs, CFDA #10.568). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022.

The grant funds the administrative costs of operating the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Nebraska, which helps supplement the diets of low-income individuals by providing funds to store and distribute USDA commodities and other secured foods through soup kitchens and local organizations. Two subawards of $324,557 total were provided to Foodbank for the Heartland and the Food Bank of Lincoln to reimburse direct expenses associated with distributing USDA and other sourced commodities to eligible recipients, to the extent allowable under USDA funding guidelines.