Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture $3.359 million under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) formula grant on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026 (Assistance Listing 10.568). The award funds storage and distribution costs for TEFAP-acquired USDA Foods distributed to low-income persons across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, as the designated state administering agency, distributes sub-grant allocations to county governments and food assistance organizations throughout the state. Forty-four sub-recipients received allocations through this grant, including county governments (Berks, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Washington, Mercer, Northampton, Northumberland, Elk, Lebanon, Clarion, Wayne, Clinton, Bradford, Tioga, Erie, Mifflin, Venango, Monroe, Lehigh, Franklin, Lycoming, Adams, Snyder, Cameron, Lancaster, Butler, Indiana, McKean, Blair, Juniata, Wyoming, Huntingdon, Clarion, Wayne, Elkton, and others), nonprofits (The Salvation Army, Center For Families Services Inc., Chester County Food Bank, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, The Trehab Center, and others), and local government entities (County of Sullivan, County of Cumberland, and City of Philadelphia). Sub-recipients use allocations to support food distribution networks serving vulnerable populations and low-income households. The award is a formula grant allocated among TEFAP state agencies based on a legislatively-mandated formula accounting for each state's relative share of persons below the poverty level (60 percent weighting) and unemployed persons (40 percent weighting). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf.