Cap tefap admin grts to STS

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the State of Washington Department of Agriculture $1.674 million under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) formula grant, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The funding supports storage and distribution costs for USDA Foods issued through TEFAP. Washington state allocated at least 40 percent of the grant to sub-recipients including food banks, community action councils, and tribal organizations across the state. Sub-recipients delivering emergency food assistance to low-income individuals include Alternatives to Hunger (Bellingham Food Bank), Yakima Valley OIC, Washington Gorge Action Programs, Rural Resources Community Action, Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Volunteers of America Western Washington, Okanogan County Community Action Council, Coastal Harvest, Port Angeles Food Bank, Thurston County Food Bank, Food Lifeline, Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County, Second Harvest Inland Northwest, Clark County Food Bank, Community Action of Skagit County, Fish Food Bank, Chelan-Douglas County Community Action Council, Community Services of Moses Lake, and Blue Mountain Action Council. The award is a formula grant allocated under legislatively mandated methodology accounting for each state's share of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent weighting) and unemployed persons (40 percent weighting). Place of performance is Washington.