The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Mississippi Department of Human Services $821,906 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant (CFDA 10.568) to support storage and distribution costs for TEFAP emergency food assistance operations. The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Mississippi.
Under this formula grant, Mississippi receives administrative funding allocated according to a legislatively mandated formula based on the state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weight) and unemployed persons (40 percent weight). Mississippi must make at least 40 percent of the administrative grant available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. The funding supports eligible state and local organizations participating in TEFAP distribution under federal/state agreements.