Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare $437,771 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) program (CFDA 10.568). The award funds storage and distribution costs for TEFAP operations in Idaho through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Idaho.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare distributed pass-through funding to four sub-recipients to support TEFAP food assistance operations. Community Action Agency Inc. (doing business as Community Action Partnership) received multiple sub-awards beginning December 23, 2025, to support emergency food assistance administration and eligibility services for low-income populations. South Central Community Action Partnership, Inc., based in Twin Falls, also received multiple sub-awards starting December 23, 2025, to deliver TEFAP services across rural Idaho communities. El ADA Inc. (doing business as El-Ada Community Action Agency) received sub-awards beginning December 29, 2025, to provide emergency food assistance and related support services to low-income households in Idaho. Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc. received multiple sub-awards beginning December 29, 2025, to support food storage, receiving, and distribution of USDA food commodities through its network of over 200 partner agencies statewide.

The award implements the legislatively mandated formula allocating TEFAP administrative funds to states based on each state's relative share of the national population below the poverty level (60 percent) and unemployed persons (40 percent). Recipients must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations.