Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare received a $429,783 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.568), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award provides funding to support administrative, storage, and distribution costs associated with operating TEFAP, which supplements diets of low-income populations through emergency food assistance. The funding allocation is determined by a congressionally mandated formula based on each state's proportional share of persons living below the poverty level (weighted at 60 percent) and unemployed individuals (weighted at 40 percent). Per program requirements, a minimum of 40 percent of these administrative funds must be made available to emergency feeding organizations through direct grants or equivalent expenditures.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare distributed sub-awards to four non-profit organizations to deliver TEFAP services statewide: Community Action Partnership (awarded January 6, 2026), El-Ada Community Action Agency (December 29, 2025), Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc. (December 29, 2025), and South Central Community Action Partnership, Inc. (December 23, 2025). These sub-grantees provide food storage, handling, and distribution services through partnerships with local emergency feeding organizations including food banks, food pantries, and community action agencies, enabling the delivery of USDA commodities and emergency food assistance to vulnerable populations across Idaho.