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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Georgia Department of Education $816.930 million on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), with performance through September 30, 2026.

The National School Lunch Program provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to children in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. Participating school districts receive cash subsidies and USDA Foods for each reimbursable meal served. Schools must serve meals meeting Federal meal pattern requirements and offer lunches at free or reduced price to eligible children. School food authorities may also be reimbursed for snacks served through approved afterschool programs.

Work is performed in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Education, a state education agency, administers the program by issuing sub-awards to local educational agencies, charter schools, residential facilities, and educational organizations across the state. Sub-recipients deliver school meal services—breakfast, lunch, and snack components—to eligible students and institutional populations. Identified sub-recipients include county school boards (Forsyth, Bleckley, Crisp, Carroll, Seminole, Pickens, Murray, and many others), city school districts (Marietta, Dalton, Vidalia), charter schools (Georgia Fugees Academy, Ivy Preparatory Academy, Ethos Classical, Drew Charter School), nonprofit organizations providing services to at-risk youth (Hillside Inc., Kidspeace National Centers of Georgia, Youth Villages Inc.), the State of Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, and other institutional and educational entities. A sub-award dated July 3, 2026 to the State of Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice specifically supports the National School Lunch Program snack component for detained youth.