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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$133,724,823

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE

ACTION DATE2026-02-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_242IL098N1175_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

Provides federal SNAP/EBT nutrition benefits funding to Illinois for eligible low-income households.

Sub-sectors
snap-entitlementebt-benefitsnutrition-assistance
Why this matters

Formula grants ensure consistent nutrition assistance delivery to vulnerable populations across states as part of the federal safety net.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food retailers and processors participating in SNAP/EBT networks; signals sustained consumer purchasing power in food sector.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002033.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-01
End
2024-09-30
Status
expired594 days ago
Sources

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