Federal Grant Award Summary

The Ohio Department of Job & Family Services received a formula grant award of $403,834.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service 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 award provides funding to support administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with the distribution of USDA Foods through TEFAP to low-income populations across Ohio.

Under this grant, ODJFS will utilize the allocated funds to maintain the operational infrastructure necessary to manage and coordinate Ohio's emergency food assistance network. Consistent with program requirements, the state agency must make a minimum of 40 percent of the awarded administrative funds ($161,534) available to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens through direct grants or expenditures on their behalf. The funding allocation was determined by the congressionally mandated formula that weighs each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level at 60 percent and unemployed individuals at 40 percent. Funds are provided through electronic transfer on a reimbursable basis for actual expenditures during the fiscal year, with unused amounts returned to the federal government for reallocation.