Formula Grant 261WV830Y8105

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the State Of West Virginia Department Of Agriculture $484,486 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant to cover storage and distribution costs for TEFAP commodities. The period of performance runs through June 8, 2027, with place of performance in West Virginia.

The State agency passed through funding to two sub-recipients: Mountaineer Food Bank Inc. and Facing Hunger Foodbank Inc. The sub-awards, issued November 18, 2025, and June 22, 2026, provided lump-sum distributions to cover TEFAP storage and distribution expenses. Mountaineer Food Bank Inc. received allocations for October 2025 through September 2026 TEFAP expenses and FY25 reallocated funding in FY26. Facing Hunger Foodbank Inc. received a lump-sum distribution for September 2025 through October 2026 TEFAP expense reimbursement and FY25 reallocated funding in FY26. Both food banks distribute emergency food resources to low-income households across West Virginia, including remote and rural areas.

The assistance type is a formula grant. Administrative funds under TEFAP are allocated among states using a legislatively-mandated formula based on each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weight) and unemployed persons (40 percent weight). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf.