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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$194,408,286

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IOWA

ACTION DATE2026-04-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_252IA302N1199_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 the Child Nutrition Program block grant to Iowa schools for meal reimbursement and nutrition services.

Sub-sectors
school-luncheschild-nutritionusda-formula-grant
Why this matters

Ensures low-income students have access to nutritious meals, supporting child development and school attendance.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food suppliers, agricultural producers, and school food service vendors serving Iowa districts.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.001985.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired228 days ago
Sources

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