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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$488,741,265

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

agricultureexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_222MN061N1199_012
Award description

CNP CN BLOCK PROG

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

Funds the Child Nutrition Program block grant to Minnesota for school meal services, ongoing since 2021.

Sub-sectors
child-nutrition-programformula-grantschool-meals
Why this matters

Ensures federal nutrition support reaches low-income students; represents sustained multi-year commitment to child food security.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food suppliers and meal-service vendors contracted by Minnesota schools; supports agricultural commodity markets.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002744.

Period of performance
Start
2021-10-01
End
2023-09-30
Status
expired1004 days ago
Sources

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