CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $1,333,382 to the State of New Mexico Finance and Administration, doing business as the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560) to support Child and Adult Care Food Program meal reimbursement administration.

The award funds state-level administrative expenses for supervising and providing technical assistance to child nutrition program providers across New Mexico through September 30, 2027. The recipient administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program statewide and uses SAE allocations according to a tiered formula: twenty percent of the first $50,000 of program expenditures, ten percent of the next $100,000, five percent of the next $250,000, and two and one-half percent of any remaining funds expended during the second preceding fiscal year. The State of New Mexico Finance and Administration must maintain records on all administrative expenses conforming with its approved SAE plan and conduct annual single audits. Up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds may be carried over for obligation and expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year.