Tefap farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Department of Human Services Colorado $170,000 on June 9, 2026, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant (CFDA 10.568). The funding supports storage and distribution costs for USDA Foods distributed through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Colorado through June 8, 2027.

The Department of Human Services Colorado passes through the entire $170,000 to Food Bank of the Rockies Inc. (doing business as Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies) as a sub-award, designated for the Farm to Food Bank project. Food Bank of the Rockies operates across the Rocky Mountain region as a tax-exempt nonprofit, delivering food assistance and nutrition programs throughout Colorado and surrounding states. Performance occurs in Colorado.

The award is classified as a formula grant, allocated to Colorado under the legislatively mandated TEFAP formula that weights each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). State agencies must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend funds on their behalf; the full pass-through to Food Bank of the Rockies satisfies this requirement.