Federal Grant Award Summary

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) received a $700,937 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This award funds HIDOE's administrative expenses for supervising and providing technical assistance to local schools and school districts in the administration of federal child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program. The funding supports critical state-level food service management functions such as meal reimbursement processing, commodity distribution oversight, and technical support to local nutrition service providers across Hawaii's public school system.

As a formula grant, the allocation to Hawaii is determined by established federal methodology based on prior-year child nutrition program expenditures within the state. HIDOE is required to maintain detailed accounting records documenting fund authorizations, obligations, expenditures, and carryover balances, and must execute a written agreement with USDA Food and Nutrition Service contingent upon approval of the state's annual administrative expenses plan. The award period permits carryover of up to twenty percent of allocated funds for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year.