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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded California Department of Social Services $324.816 million on October 1, 2025, under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a formula grant supporting reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to infants, children, and adults in eligible care settings across California through September 30, 2026.

California Department of Social Services, through its Finance and Accounting Division, administers the award and passes funding to multiple sub-recipients delivering CACFP services statewide. Sub-recipients include school districts (Morongo Unified, Oceanside Unified, Redwood City, Santa Cruz City, Stockton Unified, and others), community colleges (Pasadena City College, Palo Verde Community College District, West Valley College, Taft College), tribal governments (Pinoleville Pomo Nation, Mooretown Rancheria, Redding Rancheria, Round Valley Indian Tribes, Wiyot Tribe, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe), child care centers and programs (Ocean Beach Child Care Project, ST. Vincent's Day Home, Nihonmachi Little Friends, The Cross-Cultural Family Center, Valley Oak Children's Services), nonprofit organizations (Neighborhood House Association, The Salvation Army, The Resource Connection, Spanish Speaking Unity Council), and individual child development and food service operators. Collectively, sub-recipients operate child nutrition programs serving low-income infants, children, and adults in care facilities throughout California's 58 counties, with performance at school sites, community colleges, tribal facilities, child care centers, and adult day care settings. The funding supports meal reimbursement claims submitted by participating providers.

The National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), the parent federal grant program, assists states in providing nutritious lunch service and encouraging domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities through cash grants and food donations to participating schools and institutions.