Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction $144,739 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs), CFDA 10.568, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, to support storage and distribution costs for TEFAP-issued USDA Foods in North Dakota.

The award funds administrative expenses incurred by state and local organizations participating in TEFAP. Under the legislatively-mandated allocation formula, which accounts for each state's relative share of persons below the poverty level (60 percent weight) and unemployed persons (40 percent weight), states must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. Records accounting for receipts and dispersals must be retained for three years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled. Funds are provided through electronic transfer as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis; any unobligated amounts are returned to the federal government and reallocated.

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction passed through sub-awards to the Grand Forks Public School District Building Authority (awarded June 30, 2026) and the Great Plains Food Bank (awarded January 31, 2026) to carry out TEFAP storage and distribution activities during the same performance period. The Great Plains Food Bank, a non-profit hunger relief organization, provides emergency food provision and nutrition assistance services across North Dakota through partnerships with federal, state, and local organizations.