Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $850,000 to the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant to support storage and distribution costs for TEFAP USDA Foods through September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative costs incurred by Wisconsin's TEFAP distributing agencies. The state must make at least 40 percent of the administrative grant available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. Administrative funding is allocated among states using 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). Funds are provided through electronic transfer as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis; any unobligated funds are returned to the federal government and reallocated according to the formula.

Performance occurs in Wisconsin. The recipient maintains records accounting for receipts and dispersals for three years following fiscal year close or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled.