Federal Grant Award Summary

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families received a formula grant award of $1,075,404 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, provides funding to support administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with operating TEFAP in Minnesota.

Under this award, the state agency will utilize the allocated funds to manage the infrastructure necessary to distribute USDA Foods to low-income populations throughout Minnesota. In accordance with program requirements, Minnesota must make a minimum of 40 percent of the administrative grant 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 as needed for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation according to the congressionally mandated formula based on each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level and unemployed individuals.