CNP summer EBT admin

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Muscogee Creek Nation $1,029,260 on October 1, 2025, through the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (CFDA 10.646), a formula grant supporting administrative operations for the Summer EBT program. The award funds eligible children who lose access to free and reduced price meals during summer when school is not in session, providing EBT benefits loaded onto cards for food purchases from approved retailers. Muscogee Creek Nation, doing business as Agri-Business Complex Division, administers the program for children determined eligible for free or reduced price school meals during the prior school year or summer. The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with performance at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. As a continual permanent program, Summer EBT operates on annual funding cycles rather than as a competitive grant with extension provisions; the Nation submits management and administrative plans for approval via Letter of Credit to receive and distribute federal benefits. Recipients must retain records for three years after fiscal year certification data submission.