Your program must equally match the EFAP funding allocated to your organization with funds from other sources.
There are two types of match:-Cash Match: this is funding your organization has received from another source, which could be another government contract, a grant award, or donations/fundraising.
-In-Kind Match: this may include the value of foods from TEFAP, CSFP, and other programs serving EFAP clients and food pantries, the value of services or labor provided on a volunteer basis, and/or the value of transportation donated. WSDA's current in-kind rates are $1.82 per lb of food, $16.69 per hour of volunteer services, and $0.56 per mile of donated volunteer mileage.
Your organization can meet the match requirement in two ways:
-100% match. At least 50% must be in cash; the remainder can be in-kind. For example, if your EFAP allocation for the first year is $10,000.00, then your organization must be able to provide documentation of at least $5,000.00 funding from other sources plus $5,000 worth of in-kind support.
-200% in-kind match. You can meet the match requirement with in-kind support, but it must be 200% of your funding amount. For example, if your EFAP allocation is $10,000.00 then you would need to provide documentation of $10,000.00 in in-kind value from donated food, volunteer hours, volunteer mileage, or other in-kind support.