School Nutrition

Funding Description

Funding supports five school meal and milk programs to assist schools, districts, and other non-profit agencies in providing nutritious meals and milk to children at reasonable prices or free to qualified applicants. The five programs are: the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Feeding Option (SSFO), Special Milk Program (SMP), and State Meal Program (STMP).

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Public and private nonprofit schools (including public charter schools) are eligible to participate. Also eligible are public and private, nonprofit licensed residential child care institutions (e.g., group homes, juvenile halls, orphanages).
Other Eligibility Considerations	Residential child care institutions and all for-profit schools and agencies are not eligible for the Seamless Summer Feeding Option or the State Meal Program. No for-profit schools or agencies are eligible for federal or California State School Nutrition Programs funding.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 210; 215; 220; 225; 245; California Education Code sections 49550, 49531, 49430.5; Budget Items 6110-201-0890, 6110-202-0001, 6110-203-0001
Source / Type	State, Federal / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2012-13
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	5310 / 8220, 8520
Total Available	$2,134,794,000
Recipient Amount	See Allocation Formula
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Agencies are reimbursed for the number and types of meals or pints of milk served, according to the student's household eligibility for free, reduced-price, or paid meals or milk. There is $1,980,700,000 in federal funds and $154,094,000 in State funds available. See current reimbursement rates at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/rs/index.asp.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	July 1, 2012
Due Date	Applications or other data may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year.
Expected Notification Date	December 31, 2013

Additional Information

Application	2012-13 SNP RFA [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/snp12rfa.asp]
Background	School Nutrition [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sn/]
Fiscal	School Nutrition Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/nt/snp.asp]
Other	More program information is available at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/.

Contacts

Program	Lisa Cisneros, Program Analyst, 916-323-4100, lcisneros@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Jackie Quenga, 916-322-8313, jquenga@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division, 916-445-0850 (phone), 916-445-5731 (fax)