Federal Grant Award Summary

The Department of Agriculture, through its Food and Nutrition Service, awarded Montana's Public Health & Human Services Department $254,488 under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568) for the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This formula grant provides funding to cover administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with operating TEFAP and delivering USDA Foods to low-income populations across the state.

The state agency must allocate a minimum of 40 percent of awarded administrative funds—approximately $101,795—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 remaining funds support the state's administrative infrastructure for TEFAP operations, including personnel, systems, and logistics necessary to coordinate the program's distribution network. Funding is distributed electronically on an as-needed basis for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation according to the congressionally mandated formula based on each state's poverty and unemployment rates.