Formula Grant 262IL051Y8105

FEDERAL GRANT AWARD SUMMARY

The Illinois Department of Human Services received a $3,046,008 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568). This award provides funding through September 30, 2026, to support administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with issuing USDA Foods to low-income populations throughout Illinois. The funding allocation is determined by a congressionally mandated formula that weights each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level at 60 percent and unemployed individuals at 40 percent. IDHS is required to make a minimum of 40 percent of these administrative funds available to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens.

The Illinois Department of Human Services is distributing subawards to multiple food banks and nonprofit organizations throughout the state, including Central Illinois Foodbank Inc., Greater Chicago Food Depository, Northern Illinois Food Bank, River Bend Food Bank, Eastern Illinois Foodbank, Tri State Food Bank Inc., and ST Louis Area Food Bank Inc. These sub-awardees utilize the funding to collect, store, and distribute emergency food assistance to local food pantries, soup kitchens, and charitable agencies serving low-income individuals and families across Illinois. The sub-awardees also provide support for related federal nutrition programs including the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).