Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded $184,106.00 to the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568) for the fiscal year October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant provides funding to support the administrative, storage, and distribution infrastructure necessary for Alaska to administer USDA Foods through the TEFAP to low-income populations across the state.

Under this award, Alaska must allocate a minimum of 40 percent of administrative funds ($73,642.40) to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct sub-awards or by expending funds on their behalf. The remaining funds support state-level administrative operations, including records management, coordination with local distributing agencies, and federal-state agreement compliance. Allocation of the $184,106.00 was determined through a congressionally mandated formula that weighs each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed individuals (40 percent). Funds are distributed on an as-needed basis for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation.