TEFAP and Income Guidelines

Disclaimer

TEFAP is a self-declaration program. In order to receive TEFAP commodities:

· You will never need to provide your social security number, green card, or proof of citizenship.

· You must reside in the State of Washington. (There is no minimum length of residency required.)

· You must provide your name, current address (unless homeless), and household size. (If this information changes, please notify us immediately.)

· You must self-declare your household income meets the income guidelines listed. However, you will never need to provide proof of income.

· You will never be denied TEFAP food if you refuse to disclose any information that is not a requirement of TEFAP.

· TEFAP food is for home consumption only and cannot be sold, traded, or bartered.

Income Guidelines

It is the intention of CDCAC that any household facing food insecurity will be able to use any of the pantries supported by CDCAC regardless of income or income guidelines.

The amount of food each state receives out of the total amount of food provided is based on the number of unemployed persons and the number of people with incomes below the poverty level in the state. States provide the food to local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which in turn distribute the food to local organizations, such as soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public.

Food We Receive

The types of food we receive varies from month to month but we usually have the following items. How much you can receive depends on the size of your household and the stock of the pantries.

  • Peanut butter
  • Rice/Beans
  • Can Fruit
  • Can Chicken
  • Pasta
  • Pasta Sauce
  • Frozen Meats

We are using Link2Feed at our pantries for sign in. Please click the link below to self register yourself. This will ask for your basic household Information and will save you upwards of five minutes.

Register for our pantries