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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$345,246,473

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

agricultureexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_245MS326N1199_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

Latest obligation under the Child Nutrition Program Block Grant, which funds school meal services in Mississippi schools since October 2023.

Sub-sectors
child-nutritionschool-lunch-programformula-grant-entitlement
Why this matters

Ensures federal nutrition support reaches low-income students; formula grants are annual entitlements critical to school district budgeting and child food security.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food suppliers, meal-service vendors, and kitchen equipment providers serving Mississippi school districts.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-18. Cost: $0.002818.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-01
End
2024-09-30
Status
expired638 days ago
Sources

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