Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the New Mexico Health Care Authority, a division of the New Mexico Department of Human Services, $683,874 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant program (CFDA 10.568).

The award funds storage and distribution costs for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), enabling the state agency to receive and distribute USDA Foods to low-income persons throughout New Mexico. The funding is allocated to New Mexico according to a legislatively-mandated formula weighting each state's relative share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). New Mexico must make at least 40 percent of the administrative grant available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Funds are provided through electronic transfer as needed for actual expenditures, and any funds not obligated during the fiscal year revert to the federal government for reallocation. Records accounting for receipts and dispersals must be retained for three years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled.