Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $156,188 to the Education & Early Development Alaska Department of Administrative Services on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568). This formula grant, which extends through September 30, 2026, supports the administrative, storage, and distribution infrastructure necessary to operate TEFAP in Alaska and deliver USDA Foods to low-income populations throughout the state.

Under this award, the state agency is required to allocate a minimum of 40 percent of the administrative funds directly to emergency feeding organizations—including food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens—either through direct grants or by expending funds on their behalf. The remaining funds support state-level storage and distribution operations. Allocations under TEFAP are determined by a congressionally mandated formula that weighs each state's proportion of persons living below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed individuals (40 percent). Funds are distributed electronically as needed for actual expenditures, with any unused allocations returned to the federal government for reallocation to other states.