Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the New Jersey Department of Agriculture $2,042,799 under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) on October 1, 2025, for storage and distribution costs incurred in administering TEFAP through September 30, 2026. The state agency delivers administrative support for TEFAP operations, including the mandated pass-through of at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds to emergency feeding organizations. The award is structured as a formula grant allocated to states according to a legislatively mandated formula weighting each state's relative share of the national population below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Performance occurs in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture operates as a division of the State of New Jersey and administers multiple federal child nutrition and food assistance programs through the Food and Nutrition Service, including the National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, alongside TEFAP administrative functions.