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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$40,257,501

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

WORK BEGAN2024-10-01·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_256AR303N1175_012
Award description

CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPR

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Federal nutrition assistance formula grant for Arkansas to administer SNAP and child nutrition benefits through Electronic Benefits Transfer.

Sub-sectors
snap-entitlementbenefits-administrationstate-formula-grant
Why this matters

SNAP is a foundational federal nutrition entitlement; this funds Arkansas's annual benefits administration and EBT operations for low-income families.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand through retail grocery and food supplier networks, particularly critical for rural Arkansas communities with limited retail access.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-13. Cost: $0.012163.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired273 days ago
Sources

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