Snap state administrative costs

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Health Services Kentucky Cabinet For $95.603 million on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561) to cover state administrative expenses for SNAP operations through September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative costs incurred by Kentucky's designated state SNAP agency to operate the program, including personnel, systems, and organizational overhead. The Health Services Kentucky Cabinet For, a state agency headquartered in Frankfort, administers federal health and human services programs across 120 Kentucky counties through subordinate operations at area agencies on aging, local health departments, community-based organizations, and regional development districts.

The recipient passed through funding to six sub-recipients identified as of July and August 2026: Feeding Kentucky, Inc. (performing SNAP administration); Brescia University, Inc. (SNAP administration); Brighton Center, Inc. (SNAP administration and homeless youth shelter services); Northern Kentucky University (SNAP administration and educational support); Morehead State University (SNAP administration, student support services, and space science research); and Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc. (SNAP administration and refugee resettlement services). The source does not specify individual sub-award amounts or distinct allocations to each sub-recipient.

This is a formula grant, awarded annually as of October 1 under SNAP regulations requiring submission of a plan of operation prior to approval and obligating a single audit requirement.