Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry $287,802 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant program (CFDA 10.568). The funding supports storage and distribution costs for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Maine through September 30, 2026. The award allocation follows a legislatively-mandated formula based on each state's relative share of the national population with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent); Maine must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. The recipient operates as the state distributing agency designated to support TEFAP food distribution to low-income persons across Maine.