Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Iowa Department of Human Services $703,616 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant, supporting storage and distribution costs for TEFAP foods throughout fiscal year 2026 ending September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative expenses for TEFAP commodity distribution to low-income populations across Iowa. The assistance type is a formula grant allocated according to a legislatively-mandated formula weighting each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend funds on their behalf.

Iowa DHS passes funding to six sub-recipients managing distribution: River Bend Food Bank, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Food Bank of Siouxland, Food Bank of Iowa, and Foodbank for the Heartland. Each sub-recipient receives TEFAP administrative funding to cover storage and distribution costs for TEFAP foods provided to eligible recipients under 7 CFR Part 251, with sub-awards dated September 30, 2025. The sub-recipients collectively serve low-income populations across Iowa and adjacent regions including western Illinois and western Iowa.