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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Education & Early Development Alaska DEP $64.129 million on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), a formula grant funding mechanism providing cash assistance to states for nutritious nonprofit lunch service in schools and residential child care institutions.

The award funds the delivery of reimbursable meals meeting federal nutritional standards to school children and child and adult care program participants across Alaska, with participating schools and institutions offering meals at free or reduced price to eligible children. Education & Early Development Alaska DEP, Alaska's primary state education agency, administers the program through pass-through sub-awards to local school districts, child care centers, tribal organizations, and food service providers statewide. Period of performance runs October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Place of performance is Alaska.

Sub-recipients delivering meals and nutrition services under this award include school districts across Alaska (Anchorage, Juneau, Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan Gateway, Lower Kuskokwim, Matanuska Susitna, Haines Borough, Alaska Gateway, Annette Island, Unalaska, Valdez, Dillingham, Chatham, Petersburg, Lower Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk, Copper River, Sitka, Kodiak Island, and Cordova school districts); child care facilities and early learning centers (Play'n Learn Center, Rising Star Child Care, Mouse Trap Playschool, Petersburg Children's Center, Little Dipper Learning Center, Soldotna Kids Early Learning Center, Hillcrest Children's Center, Joy Child Development Center, CCS Early Learning, and others); tribal organizations (Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Chugachmiut, and Kawerak); food banks and summer meal program sponsors (Matsu Food Bank, Food Bank of Alaska); and military family service facilities at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Sub-awards issued July 10 through June 29, 2026, fund both National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal provision, Child and Adult Care Food Program meals and cash-in-lieu reimbursements, and Summer Food Service Program sponsor meals and administration.