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                USDA.gov The Emergency Food Assistance Program
          TEFAP helps keep communities fed, healthy, and strong!
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              The Emergency Food Assistance ProgramStrengthening the Nation’s Nutrition Safety Net and Supporting American Agriculture
            The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of people with low income by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. USDA provides 100% American-grown USDA Foods and administrative funds to states to operate TEFAP.
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