CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry $1,010,508 on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560), a formula grant funding state-level supervision and technical assistance for federally funded school nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program.

The award covers the period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Louisiana. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry receives the funding through its Central Depository Account Division as the recipient organization. The formula allocation is calculated as one percent of funds expended by the state during the second preceding fiscal year under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act, or a tiered percentage of Child and Adult Care Food Program expenditures, with the Food and Nutrition Service adjusting amounts based on changes in program size.

The State Administrative Expenses program requires state agencies to develop and obtain approval of an initial plan before fund release, enter into a written agreement with the Food and Nutrition Service specifying terms and conditions, maintain current accounting records identifying authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays and income, and complete a single audit annually. State agencies may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year.