Tefap farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arizona Department of Economic Security $227,510 on June 9, 2026, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant to support storage and distribution costs for TEFAP USDA Foods. The award period runs through June 8, 2027, and performance occurs in Arizona.

The formula grant allocates administrative funding to state agencies based on a legislatively mandated formula weighing each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds 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 revert to the federal government and are reallocated according to the statutory formula.

Arizona Department of Economic Security passed through $227,510 to Community Food Bank, Inc., doing business as Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, to support storage and distribution costs for emergency food assistance. Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona delivers food distribution, storage, and transportation services to low-income individuals and families across the region and has historically operated TEFAP-funded programs alongside SNAP employment and training, commodity supplemental food programs, and senior meal delivery initiatives.