Tefap farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the South Carolina Department of Agriculture $181,442 under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant on June 9, 2026, to support storage and distribution costs for TEFAP USDA Foods. The award is obligated in full at $181,442 with a period of performance from June 9, 2026 through June 8, 2027, and performance takes place in South Carolina.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program allocates administrative funding to state agencies on a congressionally mandated formula weighted 60 percent toward each state's relative share of persons below the poverty level and 40 percent toward unemployed persons. State agencies must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. Funds are provided through electronic transfer as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis; any unused funds are returned to the federal government and reallocated according to the statutory formula. Recipients must maintain records of receipts and dispersals for three years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled.