CNP SAF (o) - child nutrition program

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Louisiana Department of Education $1,061,216 under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative expenses for the Louisiana Department of Education to supervise and provide technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and child nutrition institutions administering Child Nutrition Programs. The funding covers the state agency's operational costs in overseeing programs including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Performance occurs in Louisiana. The program allocates funds to each state based on a statutory formula: one percent of funds expended under the National School Lunch Act sections and Child Nutrition Act sections during the second preceding fiscal year for lunch, breakfast, and milk programs; and a tiered percentage structure (twenty percent of the first fifty thousand, ten percent of the next one hundred thousand, five percent of the next two hundred fifty thousand, and two and one-half percent of remaining funds) for the Child and Adult Care Food Program based on second-preceding-year expenditures.

The Louisiana Department of Education passed through a sub-award to Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy Foundation Inc., doing business as Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy, effective July 1, 2026, to support food and nutrition programs for Louisiana children.