CNP american samoa grant

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the American Samoa Department of Education $17,517,887 under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) on October 1, 2025, through a formula grant mechanism.

The award supports nutritious nonprofit lunch service delivery to school children throughout American Samoa. ASDOE administers the program and sub-awards portions of funding to local schools and school food authorities to provide nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches meeting Federal meal pattern requirements. Participating schools receive cash subsidies and USDA Foods for each reimbursable meal served and may also claim reimbursement for snacks served to children in approved afterschool programs with educational or enrichment components. Schools operating under the program must maintain full and accurate records of their nonprofit food service operations, including finances, menu planning and production, and meal counting and claiming, and make those records available to ASDOE for review.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Place of performance is the United States.