Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Nevada Department of Agriculture $877,080 on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant to administer TEFAP storage and distribution operations in Nevada through September 30, 2026.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture passes TEFAP administrative funding to two regional distributing agencies. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada received a sub-award dated December 16, 2025, to administer TEFAP emergency food distribution in Northern Nevada and the eastern slope of the Sierra in California according to 7 CFR 250, 251, and the Nevada Department of Agriculture's permanent agreement and TEFAP policy and procedure manual. Three Square Food Bank received a sub-award dated December 16, 2025, to administer TEFAP emergency food distribution in Southern Nevada under the same regulatory and policy framework. Both sub-recipients distribute USDA foods to low-income individuals at no cost through networks of partner agencies and distribution sites.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program allocates administrative grants to state agencies using a formula based on each state's share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weight) and unemployed persons (40 percent weight). States must make at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds available to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. Records accounting for receipts and dispersals are retained for three years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled.