CNP CN block programs total consolidated

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Education & Early Development Alaska DEP (Alaska's primary state education agency, headquartered in Juneau) $1.969 million under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This is a formula grant, classified as CNP CN Block Programs Total Consolidated.

The award funds school lunch and breakfast service delivery across Alaska. The National School Lunch Program assists states through cash grants to provide nutritious nonprofit lunch service for school children; participating school districts receive cash subsidies and USDA Foods for reimbursable meals served at free or reduced price to eligible children. States determine school eligibility and maintain written agreements with participating school food authorities.

Education & Early Development Alaska DEP sub-awarded funding to 16 sub-recipients, including Alaska's largest school district (Anchorage School District) and multiple rural and Alaska Native-serving school districts. Sub-recipients include Anchorage School District, Lake And Peninsula School District, Lower Yukon School District, Annette Island School District, Yukon Flats School District, Alaska Gateway School District, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Matanuska Susitna Borough School District, Bering Strait School District, Galena City School District, Dillingham City School District, and four child care facilities (Youth Advocates Of Sitka Inc., Mouse Trap Playschool Inc., Little Dipper Learning Center LLC, and Learn To Play In The Bay LLC) and Food Bank Of Alaska. Sub-awards support school breakfast service, school lunch service, and child and adult care food program meals across urban and remote rural Alaskan communities.