CNP meal reimbursement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Superintendent of Public Instruction (doing business as the Department of Education) $6,875,756 on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition program (CFDA 10.560). The award funds CNP meal reimbursement activities through September 30, 2027.

The funding supports Washington state's administrative expenses in supervising and providing technical assistance to local schools, school districts, and institutions operating Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Washington's primary state educational agency, administers the allocation and distribution of these Child Nutrition Program funds to local recipients across the state.

Performance occurs in Washington. Formula Grant awards under this program are contingent on approval of the state agency's SAE plan and a written agreement with FNS; the state agency may carry over up to twenty percent of allocated SAE funds for obligation in the succeeding fiscal year.