Snap tefap - grants to states

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $1.936 million to the State of Washington Department of Agriculture on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant program (CFDA 10.568), with performance through September 30, 2026, in Washington. The award funds storage and distribution costs for USDA Foods distributed through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to low-income persons. Under the formula allocation mandated by statute, the State of Washington Department of Agriculture is required to pass through at least 40 percent of administrative grant funds to emergency feeding organizations. The recipient distributed sub-awards on March 4, 2026, to 22 nonprofit food banks, community action councils, and local emergency food providers across Washington state, including Thurston County Food Bank, Second Harvest Inland Northwest, Food Lifeline, Clark County Food Bank, Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County, Coastal Harvest, Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Community Services of Moses Lake, Washington Gorge Action Programs, Okanogan County Community Action Council, Rural Resources Community Action, Volunteers of America Western Washington, Blue Mountain Action Council, Chelan-Douglas County Community Action Council, Community Action of Skagit County, Alternatives to Hunger (Bellingham Food Bank), Fish Food Bank (Ellensburg), Port Angeles Food Bank, and Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington. Each sub-recipient provides TEFAP food and funding to local emergency food providers supporting low-income individuals across remote and rural regions of the state.