CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the New York State Education Department $16.215 million on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560) to support CNP meal reimbursement. The award runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in New York.

Under this formula grant, NYSED receives funds for administrative expenses in supervising and providing technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and institutions conducting Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program. Allocation is determined by a formula based on a percentage of funds expended by the state during the second preceding fiscal year under applicable child nutrition statutes; for the School Lunch and Breakfast programs, the allocation equals one percent of prior expenditures, while for the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a tiered percentage applies ranging from twenty percent of the first $50,000 down to two and one-half percent of remaining funds. NYSED must submit an initial State Administrative Expenses plan for FNS approval before funds are released and must maintain annual single audits and accounting records documenting fund authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays, and income. The state may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year.