Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Illinois Department of Human Services $850,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant to support storage and distribution costs for USDA Foods distributed through the state's TEFAP operations. The award obligated $850,000 and runs through September 30, 2026, with performance in Illinois.

Under the TEFAP administrative funding structure, Illinois must make at least 40 percent of the grant available to emergency feeding organizations or expend funds on their behalf. The Department of Human Services, as the state's designated TEFAP distributing agency, receives these allocations on a formula basis that weighs each state's share of persons below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Funds are transferred electronically as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis, with any unused amounts returned to USDA for reallocation. The agency distributes grant funds through sub-awards to local nonprofits, food banks, and community providers throughout Illinois to support emergency food distribution infrastructure.