Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families $1,096,329 through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant on October 1, 2025. The funding supports storage and distribution costs for USDA Foods issued under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), with performance running through September 30, 2026. Work is performed in Minnesota.

Under the TEFAP administrative grants program (CFDA 10.568), the state agency may retain funds for its own administrative expenses and must make available at least 40 percent of the allocation to emergency feeding organizations through pass-through agreements or direct expenditure on their behalf. The allocation follows a legislatively mandated formula weighting each state's share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Funds are drawn on a fiscal year basis as needed for actual expenditures; any unobligated balance reverts to the federal government for reallocation.