Chris Doyle, Program Coordinator
cdoyle@scda.sc.gov
803-734-0328

P.O. Box 11280
Columbia, SC 29211

 

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans 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.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods. USDA distributes both food and administrative funds to participating states and Indian Tribal Organizations to operate CSFP. CSFP food packages do not provide a complete diet, but rather are good sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the beneficiary population.

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture works with food banks as the distributing agency for TEFAP and CSFP in South Carolina. SCDA does not determine individuals’ eligibility to receive these benefits.


Resources


Income Levels

TEFAP

CSFP

Household Size Per Year Per Month Per Week Per Year Per Month Per Week
1  $22,590  $1,883  $434  $19,578  $1,632  $377
2  $30,660  $2,555  $590  $26,572  $2,215  $511
3  $38,730  $3,228  $745  $33,566  $2,798  $646
4  $46,800  $3,900  $900  $40,560  $3,380  $780
5  $54,870  $ 4,573  $1,055  $47,554  $3,963  $915
6  $62,940  $5,245  $1,210  $54,548  $4,546  $1,049
7  $71,010  $5,918  $1,366  $61,542  $5,129  $1,184
8  $79,080  $6,590  $1,521  $68,536  $5,712  $1,318
Amount per person above 8  $8,070  $673  $155  $6,994  $583 $135


SC Food Banks & Counties Served

Harvest Hope

Lowcountry

TEFAP CSFP TEFAP CSFP
Calhoun Clarendon Beaufort Beaufort
Chester Darlington Berkley Berkley
Chesterfield Dillon Charleston Charleston
Clarendon Fairfield Colleton Colleton
Darlington Florence Dorchester Dorchester
Dillon Greenville Georgetown Georgetown
Fairfield Kershaw Hampton Horry
Florence Laurens Horry Williamsburg
Greenville Lee Jasper
Kershaw Lexington Williamsburg
Laurens Marion
Lee Marlboro
Lexington Orangeburg
Marion Richland
Marlboro Sumter
Newberry
Orangeburg
Richland
Saluda
Sumter

 

Golden Harvest

Second Harvest of Metrolina

TEFAP TEFAP CSFP
Aiken Abbeville Anderson
Allendale Anderson Greenwood
Bamberg Cherokee Lancaster
Barnwell Greenwood Pickens
Edgefield Lancaster Spartanburg
McCormick Oconee York
Pickens
Spartanburg
Union
York

 


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