The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federally funded program that provides food to low-income households through a supplemental food box. The USDA foods are delivered to food banks across the state and then distributed to local food pantries and soup kitchens that distribute directly to the people.
Visit CDHS TEFAP to check eligibility and apply or contact your local food pantry to ask if they distribute TEFAP foods.
To be eligible to receive TEFAP, an individual or family must be enrolled in one of the following programs:
- Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
- Old Age Pension (OAP)
- Aid to Needy Disabled (AND)
- Aid to the Blind (AB)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Medicaid Eligible Foster Children
OR
- Meet the specified income guidelines:
| Household Size | Maximum Weekly Household Income | Maximum Monthly Household Income |
| 1 | $490.77 | $2,126.67 |
| 2 | $663.08 | $2,873.33 |
| 3 | $835.38 | $3,620.00 |
| 4 | $1,007.69 | $4,366.67 |
| 5 | $1,180.00 | $5,113.33 |
| 6 | $1,352.31 | $5,860.00 |
| 7 | $1,524.62 | $6,606.67 |
| 8 | $1,696.92 | $7,353.33 |
| For each addl. family member, add: | $172.31 | $746.67 |