CNP CN block programs total consolidated

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education $209,772,047 in formula grant funding for the National School Lunch Program on October 1, 2025, with ultimate completion on September 30, 2026. The award is classified as a CNP (Child Nutrition Program) Block Consolidated grant.

The Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education administers this funding as the state agency responsible for the National School Lunch Program, which provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. The program operates in participating schools statewide, with school food authorities receiving cash subsidies and USDA Foods for each reimbursable meal served. Participating schools must meet Federal meal pattern requirements and offer lunches at free or reduced price to eligible children.

The recipient passes through substantial portions of this award to over 100 sub-recipients, including Virginia school divisions, food banks, nonprofit organizations, and child care providers. School divisions receiving sub-awards include major districts such as the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach, Roanoke City Public Schools, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public School District, Prince William County School Board, and Alexandria City Public Schools, among dozens of others. Food banks and nutrition service providers including Capital Area Food Bank, Virginia Peninsula Foodbank, Feeding Southwest Virginia, Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, and the Fredericksburg Regional Foodbank receive allocations to support meal provision and food distribution. Youth development organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia and Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia, along with child care and early childhood providers including The Campagna Center Inc. and Child Care Resources, Inc., receive sub-awards to deliver meals through the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program components of this consolidated block grant. The funding supports the delivery of nutritious meals to eligible children across Virginia's K-12 public education system, early childhood programs, and child care settings.