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This $738,277 federal Formula Grant award is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558). The grant supports nonprofit food service programs that deliver nutritious meals and snacks to children and elderly or impaired adults enrolled in nonresidential day care facilities and afterschool care programs across Mississippi.

The Mississippi Department of Education is the prime grantee and will sub-award portions of the grant to local school districts, nonprofits, tribal organizations, and day care providers to implement meal services and nutrition education at the community level. Key sub-awardees include Community Action of South Mississippi, Community Action & Resource Development Inc., North MS Reliance, Inc., Hopewell MB Church, Precious Years Child Development Center, Inc., Coalition for a Prosperous Mississippi, Family Gap Foundation, Oktibbeha County Childcare Services Inc., Wilkinson County Community Action Agency, Noxubee County Activity League, Edwards Day Care Homes Inc., and Southern Foundation FO. These sub-recipients will use the funding to provide meals, snacks, nutrition education, and administrative support for qualifying child and adult care programs.