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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$68,372,605

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DELAWARE

agricultureexpiring · 79d· period of performance ends in 79 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_261DE301N1199_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 Delaware's Child Nutrition Program to provide meals to school children through USDA's formula grant mechanism.

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

School nutrition is a foundational entitlement affecting food security and academic performance for low-income students; this 2025 program received an obligation increment in April 2026.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for food suppliers, distributors, and school cafeteria operations in Delaware; supports local and regional food procurement networks.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-03. Cost: $0.002828.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
expiring · 79din 79 days
Sources

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