CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the New Mexico Health Care Authority (New Mexico Department of Human Services) $400,229 in formula grant funding for Child Nutrition Program meal reimbursement under CFDA 10.560 (State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

The award funds the state agency's administrative expenses in supervising and providing technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and institutions conducting Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Special Milk, and Child and Adult Care Food Programs. Performance occurs in New Mexico. The formula allocation reflects one percent of funds expended by the state under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act during the second preceding fiscal year for lunch, breakfast, and milk programs, and a tiered percentage of Child and Adult Care Food Program expenditures (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 amounts exceeding $400,000).