CNP SAF non approp

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education $143,992 on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560), a Formula Grant providing state agencies with funds for administrative expenses in supervising and delivering technical assistance to local schools and institutions in their conduct of Child Nutrition Programs.

The award funds DESE's administrative oversight and technical support for child nutrition program operations across Massachusetts, covering the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The formula allocation reflects one percent of funds expended by the state during the second preceding fiscal year under the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs, plus a tiered percentage of Child and Adult Care Food Program expenditures (twenty percent of the first $50,000, ten percent of the next $100,000, five percent of the next $250,000, and two and one-half percent of any remaining funds). Release of funds is contingent upon DESE's approval of its initial State Administrative Expenses plan and execution of a written agreement with FNS specifying terms and conditions. DESE may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year and is required to maintain annual single audits and current accounting records documenting fund authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays, and income.