Formula Grant 266TX332N1099

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Texas Department of Agriculture $879.9 million under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) on October 1, 2025, with completion by September 30, 2026. This formula grant funds cash subsidies and USDA commodity distributions to participating schools across Texas to provide nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to eligible school children. The Texas Department of Agriculture, as the state administering agency, distributes substantially all funding as sub-awards to local school food authorities and school districts, which directly deliver reimbursable meals that meet federal nutrition standards and are made available to all children regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or disability.

The program supports the operational infrastructure of participating schools' nonprofit food service operations, including meal reimbursement processing, regulatory compliance oversight, and nutrition standards monitoring. School food authorities utilizing these funds must maintain comprehensive records of their nonprofit operations, submit written applications for program participation, and comply with federal meal pattern requirements. As a formula-driven program based on enrollment and eligibility demographics, the Texas allocation reflects the state's student population and free/reduced-price meal eligibility, enabling equitable nutrition assistance across the state's public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions.