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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the West Virginia Department of Education $34,365,583 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555). The award funds the state agency's administration of the National School Lunch Program across West Virginia public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions through the period ending September 30, 2026. The funding supports cash subsidies and reimbursements to participating school food authorities for nutritionally balanced lunches served at free or reduced prices to eligible children, as well as snacks provided through approved afterschool programs with educational or enrichment components. School food authorities must apply to the state agency for program participation and maintain records on nonprofit food service operations, meal pricing, menu planning, and meal counting and claiming. The National School Lunch Program provides participating schools with federal meal pattern requirements and reimbursement mechanisms in exchange for serving lunches meeting federal nutritional standards to all children regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or disability.