Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Texas Department of Agriculture $4,566,108 under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The funding supports storage and distribution costs for TEFAP USDA Foods administered by the state and local emergency feeding organizations. Texas receives its allocation under a legislatively mandated formula weighting poverty (60 percent) and unemployment (40 percent) across states. The state must make at least 40 percent of administrative funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf through federal/state agreements. The Texas Department of Agriculture, headquartered in Austin, administers the award statewide and distributes sub-awards to food banks and nonprofit organizations that directly deliver nutrition assistance to low-income persons.