CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $1,099,850.25 to the Department of Agriculture Tennessee, Division of Animal Industries on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560), a formula grant for child nutrition program meal reimbursement and technical assistance.

The award funds state administrative expenses for supervising and providing technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and institutions administering the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Special Milk, and Child and Adult Care Food Programs. The Department of Agriculture Tennessee serves as the state administering agency responsible for child nutrition program oversight across Tennessee.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027. The allocation formula provides one percent of funds expended by the state during the second preceding fiscal year under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act, plus a tiered percentage of Child and Adult Care Food Program expenditures. Release of funds depends on approval of the state agency's initial administrative expense plan and execution of a written agreement between the state agency and FNS. The state agency may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year.