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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$112,122,651

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA

ACTION DATE2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_217CACA4H1703_012
Award description

SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS

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 school food programs in California through USDA formula grant distribution.

Sub-sectors
school-lunch-programsusda-food-nutritionformula-grant
Why this matters

Ensures nutrition access for millions of K-12 students; critical safety-net program supporting child health and academic performance.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food suppliers, agricultural producers, and school meal service contractors serving California districts.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.001979.

Period of performance
Start
2020-12-27
End
2021-09-30
Status
expired1689 days ago
Sources

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