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Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Commodities)

Program Information

Popular name

TEFAP, USDA Foods, Commodities

Program Number

10.569

Program objective

To help supplement the diets of low-income persons by making USDA Foods available to the State agencies that are responsible for the distribution of USDA Foods within the States.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No current data available. Provided 460,073,845 pounds of USDA Foods purchased with appropriated funds for TEFAP to State and local agencies for distribution to needy persons for use at home or for use at sites which serve prepared meals.

  2. 2017

    No current data available.

  3. 2018

    No current data available.

  4. 2019

    No current data available.

  5. 2024

    In FY 2024, over 381 million pounds of TEFAP USDA Foods were provided to State agencies.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

7 CFR Part 251; refer to 7 CFR Part 250 for applicable provisions on USDA Foods handling.

  1. 7 U.S.C. § 7501.
  2. 102 Stat. 1645.
  3. I, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Pub. L. 116, 136.
  4. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334, 4018(b).
  5. The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, Public Law 88-525.
  6. 2 U.S.C. § 1161.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income
  • Unemployed
  • Welfare Recipient

Additional resources