Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Michigan Department of Education a formula grant totaling $3.2 million under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568) for the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with operating TEFAP, which provides emergency food assistance to low-income populations throughout Michigan. The award allocation was calculated using a congressionally mandated formula that weights each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed individuals (40 percent).

Michigan Department of Education must make a minimum of 40 percent of the awarded administrative funds available to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct grants or by expending funds on their behalf. Funds are distributed electronically on an as-needed basis for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation according to the established formula. The state agency operates under a federal-state agreement and is required to maintain accounting records for receipts and dispersals with a three-year retention period following the close of the fiscal year.