Formula Grant 263KS443Q2204

The Kansas Department for Children and Families received a $400,000 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with operating TEFAP, which provides emergency food assistance to low-income populations across Kansas. The grant allocation is determined by a congressionally mandated formula based on Kansas's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (weighted at 60 percent) and unemployed individuals (weighted at 40 percent).

Per federal requirements, the Kansas Department for Children and Families must make available at least 40 percent of the awarded administrative funds to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct grants or by expending funds on their behalf. The grant operates under a federal-state agreement framework, with funds distributed electronically on an as-needed basis for actual expenditures. Any unused allocations must be returned to the federal government for reallocation to other states according to the established formula.