Formula Grant 263MO633Y8613

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $196,537.00 to the Missouri Department of Social Services through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs formula grant (CFDA 10.568) on June 9, 2026. This funding supports administrative, storage, and distribution costs necessary for Missouri to operate its statewide emergency food assistance network through September 30, 2027. Under federal-state agreement requirements, Missouri must allocate a minimum of 40 percent of these administrative funds directly to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct grants or expenditures on their behalf.

The award supports Missouri's capacity to distribute USDA Foods to low-income populations by funding the operational infrastructure required to manage and coordinate emergency food assistance activities at both the state and local levels. Allocation of these administrative funds is determined through a congressionally mandated formula that considers each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (weighted at 60 percent) and unemployed individuals (weighted at 40 percent). The Missouri Department of Social Services, as the designated state distributing agency, will deploy these funds on a fiscal year basis to support actual expenditures, with any unused funds returned to the federal government for reallocation according to the statutory formula.