Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $378,700.59 to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant program (CFDA 10.568). The award funds storage and distribution costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Arkansas through September 30, 2026. The formula allocation is based on each state's relative share of the national poverty population (60 percent weighting) and unemployed persons (40 percent weighting). Arkansas must make at least 40 percent of the administrative grant 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; unused funds are returned to the federal government and reallocated according to the legislatively mandated formula. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture operates as the state distributing agency designated by the Governor to support distribution of USDA Foods to low-income persons throughout the state.