Tefap farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services $158,658 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant, with a period of performance through September 30, 2026. The funding supports storage and distribution costs for TEFAP-administered USDA Foods distributed to low-income persons across Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Health Services allocated funds through sub-awards to support TEFAP Farm to Food Bank activities. Hunger Task Force received a sub-award on July 17, 2026, and Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc., received a sub-award on July 16, 2026, both designated to deliver TEFAP Farm to Food Bank services. The administrative allocation follows a legislatively-mandated formula based on each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weight) and unemployed persons (40 percent weight). Wisconsin Department of Health Services, as the designated distributing agency, receives electronic transfer funding as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis; unused funds are returned to the federal government and reallocated according to the formula.