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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Wyoming Department of Education $20.918 million on October 1, 2025, through Formula Grant 263WY312N1099 under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555). The award period runs through September 30, 2026, with performance across Wyoming.

The National School Lunch Program assists states in providing nutritious, low-cost or no-cost lunch service for school children and encourages domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities. Participating school districts receive cash subsidies and USDA Foods for each reimbursable meal served and must offer lunches at free or reduced price to eligible children. States administer the program through written agreements with school food authorities and residential child care institutions.

Wyoming Department of Education distributed funding as sub-awards to over 40 sub-recipients, including Wyoming school districts, child care providers, Head Start organizations, and youth services organizations. Sub-recipients delivered National School Lunch Program meal service, School Breakfast Program service, Summer Food Service Program meal reimbursement, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal reimbursement. Named sub-recipients include Converse County School District 1, Campbell County School District 1, Fremont County school districts, Laramie County School District 1, Sweetwater County school districts, Natrona County School District 1, and numerous other local school districts throughout the state. Child nutrition providers receiving pass-through funding included Wyoming Child & Family Development, Inc.; Shoshone Arapaho Head Start Program; Evanston Child Development Center; Laramie Child Development Corporation; and organizations such as Y E S House, Cathedral Home for Children, and Basic Beginnings, Inc.