Federal Grant Award Summary

The Department of Social Services California, Finance and Accounting Division, received a formula grant award of $1,386,859.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568). Awarded on June 9, 2026, with a completion date of June 8, 2027, this funding supports the administrative, storage, and distribution infrastructure necessary for California to manage and coordinate emergency food assistance networks throughout the state.

Under the federally mandated allocation formula based on poverty and unemployment metrics, California's award funds the operational costs required to issue USDA Foods through TEFAP to low-income populations. Per program requirements, the state must make a minimum of 40 percent of these administrative funds available to emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, either through direct grants or expenditures on their behalf. These funds enable the state distributing agency to coordinate the distribution of USDA commodities to emergency feeding organizations across California's 58 counties while maintaining fiscal oversight and program accountability.