CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Georgia Department of Education $12,504,757.75 on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560) to reimburse meal costs through the Child Nutrition Programs.

The award funds administrative expenses for Georgia's supervision and technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and institutions conducting the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Special Milk, and Child and Adult Care Food Programs. The Georgia Department of Education, registered as a Regional Educational Service Agency, receives this allocation based on a formula tied to the state's prior-year expenditures under those programs and administers the grant through sub-awards to local educational agencies across Georgia.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Place of performance is Georgia. The award is a formula grant, with funds released contingent on FNS approval of the state agency's administrative expenses plan. Georgia may carryover up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year.