Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arizona Department of Economic Security $1.941 million on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs), CFDA 10.568, a formula grant providing funding for storage and distribution costs incurred to issue USDA Foods through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).

The award covers the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with performance taking place in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Economic Security distributes TEFAP administrative funding to emergency feeding organizations and local food banks across the state via sub-awards. Sub-recipients under this award include Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (award date July 1, 2025), ST. Mary's Food Bank Alliance doing business as Food Care (July 1, 2025), Yuma Community Food Bank (July 1, 2025), and The United Food Bank, Inc. doing business as United Food Bank (July 1, 2025). These non-profit food banks and emergency feeding organizations use the funding to support food storage, distribution, and operational costs for serving low-income individuals and families across Arizona's service areas.

TEFAP administrative funding is allocated to states using a legislatively-mandated formula based on each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weighting) and unemployed persons (40 percent weighting). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funding available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf.