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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$299,056,509

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARKANSAS

agricultureexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_246AR321N1199_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 Arkansas school meal programs through the USDA Child Nutrition Program block grant, supporting breakfast and lunch for K-12 students.

Sub-sectors
school-lunch-nutritionchild-nutrition-programusda-formula-grant
Why this matters

The latest obligation on this 2023 formula grant ensures continuous federal nutrition support for low-income students; Arkansas receives ~$299M annually for child feeding.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for food suppliers, school cafeteria operators, and meal-service vendors serving Arkansas public schools.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-20. Cost: $0.002823.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-01
End
2024-09-30
Status
expired618 days ago
Sources

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