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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education $170.127 million on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) to assist the state in providing nutritious nonprofit lunch services for school children and encouraging domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities. The award is a formula grant with period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and place of performance in Massachusetts.

DESE distributed the funding to over 60 sub-recipients, including school districts, charter schools, municipalities, and nonprofit food service providers throughout Massachusetts, enabling them to serve nutritious school lunches meeting federal meal pattern requirements at free or reduced price to eligible children. Sub-recipients include Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School, City of Holyoke, City of Springfield, Holyoke Community Charter School, Edward Brooke Charter School, The Benjamin Banneker Charter School, City of Salem, Farmington River Regional School District, Nauset Public School District, City of New Bedford, Town of Milton, New Heights Charter School of Brockton, Town of Nantucket, Town of Westport, Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District, Town of Greenfield, Italian Home for Children Inc., Rising Tide Charter Public School, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, The Cutchins Programs for Children and Families Inc., City of Lynn, Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School, Town of Duxbury, Medway Town Offices, Town of Clarksburg, Map Academy Charter School, City of Worcester, City of Haverhill, City of Revere, Town of Barnstable, Bay State Community Services Inc., Foxborough Regional Charter School, Norton Public Schools, Dudley-Charlton Regional School District, Town of Seekonk, Whitney Academy Inc., Town of Rockport, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston (Archdiocese of Boston), Crystal Springs Inc., The Home for Little Wanderers Inc., Christa McAuliffe Charter School, City of Boston, Town of Auburn, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School District, Town of Grafton, Town of Stoughton, City of Methuen, Bridge Boston Charter School, Town of Brookline, Community Day Charter Public School, Evergreen Center Inc., New England Center for Children Inc., Town of Wilmington, Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Inc., Southampton School District, City of Cambridge, City of Lowell, Epiphany School, City of Brockton, Judge Baker Children's Center, Malden Public Schools, Sizer School, Boston Collegiate Charter School, Neighborhood House Charter School, Town of Wareham, The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc., Wakefield Tax Collector, Town of Arlington, Town of Petersham, Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District, and the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. All sub-awards were dated July 31, 2026, with the exception of those to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, dated July 2, 2026.