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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services $42.917 million on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.555), a formula grant supporting nutritious meal and snack provision in eligible child and adult care facilities, together with monitoring, training, and technical assistance for providers. The award runs through September 30, 2026, with performance in Missouri.

The National School Lunch Program's statutory framework, under which this Child Nutrition Program block funding flows, assists states in providing nutritious meals to school children and encourages domestic consumption of agricultural commodities. Participating schools receive cash subsidies and USDA Foods for reimbursable meals while serving lunches meeting federal meal pattern requirements at free or reduced prices to eligible children. School food authorities must maintain records of nonprofit operations and make them available for state agency review.

Missouri DHSS, as the state administering agency, manages this pass-through funding across more than eighty documented sub-recipients, including school districts (Crawford County RII, Henry County R1, Shelby County R4, East Carter County R2, West Plains R-7, and others), child care and adult care facilities, non-profit organizations (Kipp Saint Louis Public Schools, Lovely Child Development Center, Saving Our Children, Liveaholics Incorporated, Big Adventure's Academy 3, and others), and institutional providers. Each sub-recipient delivers identical scope: nutritious meals and snacks in eligible settings with supporting monitoring, training, and technical assistance. Sub-award dates range from December 2020 through December 2025, reflecting continuous annual allocations and periodic provider onboarding throughout the performance period.