Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs)

 

To help supplement the diets of low-income persons by making funds available to States for storage and distribution costs incurred by The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) State agencies and local organizations, such as soup kitchens, food banks, and food pantries, including faith-based organizations, in providing food assistance to needy persons.

Active 10.568 Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture A - Formula Grants Not applicable. Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 Amendments, Section 2, as amended, Public Law 98-92, 97 Stat. 608; Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, Section 1569, Public Law 99-198, 99 Stat. 1354; Public Law 100-77, 101 Stat. 536; Public Law 100-435, 102 Stat. 1647; Public Law 101-624, 104 Stat. 3359; Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105; Public Law 104-127, 110 Stat. 1029; Public Law 107-171, 116 Stat. 330; Public Law 110-246, 122 Stat. 1882
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, Sections 204 and 209, Public Law 98-8, 7 U.S.C. 7508, Statute 97,35
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Section 4018(b), Public Law 115-334
American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Title IV, Public Law 117-103, Part IV
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Title IV, Public Law 117-323, Part IV State agencies that are designated as distributing agencies by the Governor or other appropriate State executive authority may receive these administrative funds to support the distribution of USDA Foods to low-income persons. Public or private non-profit organizations, such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, which provide food assistance to low-income persons. State agencies and local organizations are required to document their use of the administrative funds, and only those administrative costs permitted under 2 CFR Part 200 for State and local governments will be allowed. Local agencies may be required to document their non-profit status. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. TEFAP administrative funds provided through regular appropriations and supplemental appropriations are allocated among TEFAP State agencies on the basis of a legislatively-mandated formula that takes into account each State's relative share of the National number of persons with income below the poverty level (60 percent) and of unemployed persons (40 percent). At a minimum, States must make at least 40 percent of the administrative grant available to emergency feeding organizations, or expend such funds on their behalf. Farm to Food Bank Project funds are allocated among TEFAP State agencies who opt in by submitting a project plan through a State Plan amendment. These funds are allocated to those States according to the same formula as regularly appropriated funds but are not subject to a 40 percent pass through requirement. TEFAP State agencies were eligible to apply to TEAFP Reach and Resiliency grants FY 2022 and 2023. The grant awards allocated were outlined in the Request for Application. These grants are not subject to a 40 percent pass through requirement. In total, $98 million in funding was awarded to States through the TEFAP Reach and Resiliency grant initiative. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Federal/State agreements are ongoing and amended as necessary. Local organizations receiving administrative funds must have an agreement with the State agency or with another local organization participating in the program. Such agreements are ongoing and amended as necessary. Not available. Administrative funds are provided to State agencies to cover administrative costs incurred at the State and local level in the operation of the program. Funds may only be used for approved administrative expenses, and the State agency is required to pass through at least 40 percent of the funds to emergency feeding organizations or expend such funds on their behalf. In addition, the States must match, either in cash or in-kind, the amount of administrative funds not passed through to emergency feeding organizations. States may choose sites that distribute to low-income households and/or congregate sites that provide prepared meals to the needy. Allowable costs include nutrition education, warehousing, food delivery, participant certification, and other administrative costs. Not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503 Normal records accounting for receipts and dispersals; retention required for 3 years following the close of the fiscal year or until any outstanding audit, claim, or litigation is settled. Statutory Formula: Title Agriculture Chapter 7 Part 251.3

Matching is mandatory. States are required to pass through to emergency feeding organizations at least 40 percent of the administrative funds allocated to the State. States are required to match, either as cash or in-kind contribution, 100 percent of the administrative funds not passed through to emergency feeding organizations.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Funds are provided through the electronic transfer system as they are needed for actual expenditures on a fiscal year basis. Any funds which are made available through the initial allocation or a subsequent reallocation that are not used are turned back to the Federal government, and reallocated according to the legislatively mandated formula. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Letter. None/Not specified. Polly Fairfield
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
polly.fairfield@usda.gov
Phone: 7033052746 http://www.fns.usda.gov/tefap/emergency-food-assistance-program 12-3507-0-1-605 (Formula Grants) FY 22$277,125,218.00; FY 23 est $218,972,672.00; FY 24 est $100,000,000.00; FY 21$254,795,354.00; FY 20$364,307,559.00; FY 19$148,903,791.00; FY 18$90,678,541.00; FY 17$77,930,804.00; FY 16$77,930,804.00; - FY 2022 funds include $81,000,000 in regularly appropriated funds, $7,544,000 in Farm to Food Bank project funds, $99,734,761 in supplemental funds provided through USDAs Build Back Better initiative, and $39,419,932 in Reach and Resiliency grants. An additional $7,449,512 in FY 2021 recoveries from regular appropriations were also available in FY 2022 and $49,426,525 in converted funding. FY 2023 funding included $92,000,000 in appropriated funding with $2,698,595 available from FY 2022 recoveries and $61,922,010 in food to administrative conversions. FY 2023 funds also includes $58,580,067 in Reach and Resiliency grants, $3,772,000 in Farm to Food Bank project funds. FY 2024 funding is estimated to include $100,000,000 in administrative funding. In Fiscal Year 2023, the range for assistance to State agencies was from $112,576 to $51,931,655, after conversions and recoveries; the average amount of regular administrative assistance was $2,893,749. 7 CFR Part 251; refer to 7 CFR Part 250 for applicable provisions on USDA Foods handling. Not applicable.