Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Oklahoma Department of Human Services $1,006,592 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs), CFDA 10.568, a formula grant for storage and distribution costs associated with TEFAP operations.

The award funds administrative expenses incurred by the state agency in storing and distributing USDA Foods through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Oklahoma DHS, operating as the state-designated distributing agency, passes at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds to emergency feeding organizations or expends such funds on their behalf. The agency distributes federal funding to sub-recipients including county governments, nonprofit organizations, food banks, tribal entities, and community-based service providers throughout Oklahoma. The award is obligated at $1,006,592 with a period of performance through September 30, 2026, and place of performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Under the TEFAP formula allocation methodology, funding is distributed among state agencies based on each state's relative share of the national number of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Unused funds are returned to the federal government and reallocated according to the legislatively mandated formula.