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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$40,257,501

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

WORK BEGAN2024-10-01·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_256AR303N1175_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

Funds Arkansas's administration of SNAP/EBT benefits delivery through the Child Nutrition Program.

Sub-sectors
snap-benefitsebt-administrationnutrition-assistance
Why this matters

Formula grants ensure consistent nutrition assistance to low-income families across states, supporting food security and child development.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for EBT card production, point-of-sale systems, and retail grocery supply chains serving SNAP-eligible populations.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002024.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired231 days ago
Sources

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