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Basic page TEFAP Income Guidelines

This page lists the income guidelines for state agencies to use in determining the eligibility of households to receive USDA Foods for home consumption in TEFAP.

03/11/2025
Resource | Policy The Emergency Food Assistance Program - Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2025

This memorandum transmits the 2025 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in TEFAP.

03/07/2025
Resource | Policy FD-069: Eligibility of ITOs and other Tribal Entities to Participate in TEFAP (Revised)

This memorandum provides guidance regarding the eligibility of ITOs and other Tribal entities to participate in TEFAP and to outline several best practices for working with ITOs and other Tribal entities in TEFAP.

01/14/2025
Resource | Policy Participant Eligibility in TEFAP (Revised)

This policy manual provides updated guidance for TEFAP state agencies on establishing criteria and methods for determining the eligibility of households to receive USDA Foods for home consumption in TEFAP.

12/06/2024
Basic page Eligibility and How to Apply
06/21/2023
Resource | Guidance Documents FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP Income Exclusions under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

This memorandum provides information on the exclusion as income of rebates under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP.

04/23/2021
Resource | Policy Memos Claims Resolution Act of 2010 - Payments Received via the Cobell Settlement

FD-116: Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), Food Distribution Program in Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

05/12/2011
Resource | Policy Memos Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund Payments

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009  created the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund for certain veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans, who served in the military of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. 

01/27/2010
Resource | Policy Memos Cancellation of FD-063, Household Eligibility Determinations for Disaster or Emergency Evacuees Residing with a Host Family

Policy Memoranda FD-063, Household Eligibility Determinations for Disaster or Emergency Evacuees Residing with a Host Family (dated Dec. 4, 2006), and FD-072, FDPIR Households Displaced During a Disaster (dated Feb. 19, 2008), are cancelled.

08/06/2009
Resource | Policy Memos SNAP Cash Payment Pilot Projects and Work Supplementation or Support Programs Benefits

This memorandum clarifies how SNAP benefits should be treated in determining eligibility for CSFP and TEFAP when the benefits are provided through SNAP Pilot Projects or SNAP Work Programs.

06/29/2009
Page updated: October 14, 2021