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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Kentucky Department of Education $429,378,095 under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This formula grant funds the provision of nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to school children across Kentucky's public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. Participating school districts and independent schools receive cash subsidies to reimburse meals served and to support the operation of nonprofit food service compliant with Federal meal pattern requirements. The Kentucky Department of Education, as the State agency, administers the program statewide, determines school eligibility, reviews written applications from school food authorities, and maintains federal-state agreements with participating institutions. Schools must serve lunches at free or reduced prices to eligible children, maintain full and accurate records of nonprofit food service operations including finances and meal counting, and make those records available for State agency review. The assistance type is a formula grant.