CNP SAF (o) - child nutrition program

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Department of Education Iowa $390,529.25 under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560) on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026.

The funding supports administrative expenses and technical assistance provided by Iowa's state agency to local schools, school districts, and institutions conducting Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program. The allocation is calculated as a percentage of funds expended by the state under these programs during the second preceding fiscal year, with rates varying by program: one percent for school lunch and breakfast administration, and a tiered structure for child and adult care food programs ranging from twenty percent on the first $50,000 of expenditures down to two and one-half percent on amounts exceeding $400,000.

The Department of Education Iowa serves as the state agency administering child nutrition programs statewide. As a formula grant, the funding is provided via federal-state agreement contingent upon approval of the state's initial SAE plan and establishment of a written agreement with FNS. The state agency may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year and is required to maintain annual single audit compliance and detailed accounting records documenting fund authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, and expenditures.