Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arkansas Department of Agriculture $295,215.16 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs), CFDA 10.568, a formula grant that funds storage and distribution costs for TEFAP operations through September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative costs incurred by Arkansas in storing and distributing USDA Foods to low-income persons through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture, operating as the State distributing agency, administers these funds and must make at least 40 percent of the grant available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. The funding is allocated according to a legislatively-mandated formula weighting each State's relative share of the National number of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Any funds not used during the fiscal year are returned to the federal government and reallocated. The recipient must maintain records accounting for receipts and dispersals for three years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled. Place of performance is Arkansas.