Tefap farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $111,275 to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture on June 9, 2026, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs), CFDA 10.568, a formula grant funding storage and distribution costs for TEFAP USDA Foods through the Food Distribution Division.

The award supports administrative expenses incurred by the State agency in storing and distributing emergency food assistance to low-income persons across Arkansas. The period of performance runs from June 9, 2026, through June 8, 2027. Under the program's formula allocation methodology, Arkansas receives a share based on 60 percent of the State's relative proportion of persons with income below the poverty level and 40 percent of unemployed persons nationally. The State agency must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. Funds are transferred electronically as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis; any unobligated balance is returned to the federal government and reallocated. Recipients must maintain records accounting for receipts and dispersals for three years following fiscal year close or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled.