CNP SAF (o) - child nutrition program

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Arkansas Department of Agriculture $240,065 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560).

The award funds administrative expenses and technical assistance for Arkansas's supervision of local schools, school districts, and institutions operating the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture, a state government entity headquartered in Little Rock, serves as the recipient and administers child nutrition program oversight across Arkansas.

The funding is obligated for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Arkansas. The formula allocation is based on one percent of funds expended by Arkansas in the prior fiscal year under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act, or for the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a tiered percentage (twenty percent of the first $50,000, ten percent of the next $100,000, five percent of the next $250,000, and two and one-half percent of remaining funds). The state agency may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure in the following fiscal year, subject to approval of its SAE plan and execution of a written agreement with FNS.