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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Connecticut Department of Education $53.338 million on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), a Formula Grant for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Connecticut.

The award funds child nutrition operations across Connecticut's public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions through the Child Nutrition Program Block Consolidated. The Connecticut Department of Education, as the state agency administering the National School Lunch Program, distributes cash subsidies and USDA Foods to participating school districts and independent schools to provide nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to school children. Participating institutions must serve lunches meeting federal meal pattern requirements and offer meals at free or reduced price to eligible children.

The recipient passed through funding to over sixty sub-recipients, including school districts (East Haven Public Schools, Groton Board of Education, East Hartford Public Schools, Guilford Public Schools, Franklin Board of Education, Wethersfield Board of Education, Fairfield Public Schools, Watertown Public Schools, Woodbridge, Winchester, Southington Board of Education, Wallingford Community School District, Wolcott, West Haven, Waterbury School District, Rocky Hill Public Schools, Plainville Board of Education, Sprague Board of Education, Simsbury Public Schools, Montville Public Schools, Regional School District No. 1, Granby Public Schools, Preston Public Schools, Old Saybrook School District, Glastonbury Board of Education, Portland Public Schools, Middletown Public Schools, Essex, Manchester Board of Education, Lebanon Public School Board of Education, Willington, Lisbon Board of Education, Ledyard Public Schools, Killingly Public Schools, West Hartford, Hebron Board of Education, Voluntown Board of Education, North Stonington School District, Stafford Public Schools, Shelton City School District, New Milford Board of Education, New London Public School District, Plainfield Public Schools, Ellington Public Schools, Westbrook School District); child care providers and YMCAs (Women's League Child Development Center, Young Men's Christian Association of Naugatuck, Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Hartford, Young Men's Christian Association of Northern Middlesex County, Young Women's Christian Association of New Britain, Young Women's Christian Association of Hartford Region, Childtime Childcare); faith-based and community organizations (Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute of New England, Congregation Ktana of Waterbury, Windham Regional Community Council, United Community and Family Services, Waterford Country School, Winsted Area Child Care Center); and municipal governments (Town of Enfield, Town of Eastford, Town of Trumbull, Town of North Stonington, Town of Sharon, Town of Kent, Town of East Lyme, Town of Monroe).