Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arkansas Department of Agriculture $111,275 through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568) on June 9, 2026, with a completion date of June 8, 2027. These administrative funds support the state agency's storage and distribution costs associated with issuing USDA Foods under TEFAP to low-income individuals and emergency feeding organizations across Arkansas. The award is allocated according to a federally mandated formula that weights 60% on the state's share of persons below the poverty line and 40% on unemployed persons.

Under the grant agreement, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture must pass through at least 40% of the administrative funds to emergency feeding organizations or expend equivalent amounts on their behalf. The state maintains an ongoing federal-state agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to coordinate these distribution efforts and ensure proper accounting and documentation of all receipts and expenditures. Funds are distributed electronically as needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation.