SNAP TEFAP - Grants to States Formula Grant Award Summary

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Arkansas Department of Education $450,000 in formula grant funding through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568) for the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports administrative, storage, and distribution costs necessary to operate TEFAP and facilitate the distribution of USDA Foods to low-income populations throughout Arkansas. The allocation was determined using a congressionally mandated formula that weights each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed individuals (40 percent).

Under federal requirements, Arkansas must make a minimum of 40 percent of the awarded administrative funds available to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct grants or by expending funds on their behalf. The state agency will utilize electronic fund transfers to access resources on an as-needed basis for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation to other states according to the established formula.