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2020–21 CNP Reimbursement Rates

Child Nutrition Program (CNP) meal reimbursement rates.

School Nutrition Program (SNP) Rates
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Rates

SNP Reimbursement Rates

Reimbursement rates shown below for July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.

Total (combined) reimbursement includes operating and administrative components.

School Breakfast Program

Type of Meal Free Reduced-Price Paid
Basic Breakfast $1.89 $1.59 $0.32
Especially Needy Breakfast $2.26 $1.96 $0.32

Note: Especially Needy Breakfast is for approved sites that served 40 percent or more free and reduced-price lunches in 2017-2018.

National School Lunch Program

*Certified school food authorites (SFA) are eligible to receive performance-based cash assistance for each reimbursable lunch served beginning October 1, 2012.

Description Free Free+7 cents* Reduced-Price Reduced-Price+7 cents* Paid Paid+7cents*
Agencies that served less than 60 percent free/reduced-price lunches in 2017–18 $3.51 $3.58 $3.11 $3.18 $0.33 $0.40
Agencies that served 60 percent or more free/reduced-price lunches in 2017–18 $3.53 $3.60 $3.13 $3.20 $0.35 $0.42
Commodity Value $0.37 $0.37 $0.37 $0.37 $0.37 $0.37

Note: Payments listed for free and reduced-price lunches include both section 4 and section 11 funds of the National School Lunch Act.

Meal Supplements (After-School Snacks) in the National School Lunch Program

Meal Free Reduced-Price Paid
Snacks $0.96 $0.48 $0.08

State Meal Program and State Meal Reimbursement for Public SFAs Serving Breakfasts and Lunches in Federal Programs

Agency Type Free Reduced-Price Paid
Prop 98 Agencies certified with California Education Code (EC) sections 49430, 49430.5, & 49430.7 $0.2445
$0.2445
Not Applicable
 Prop 98 Agencies not certified with EC sections 49430, 49430.5, & 49430.7
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
All Other (or non-Prop 98)
Agencies
Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable

Special Milk Program

Free Reduced-Price Paid
Average cost per half pint
Not Applicable
Per half pint: $0.2025

SFSP Reimbursement Rates

Reimbursement rates shown below are for January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.

Total (combined) reimbursement includes operating and administrative components.

Type of Meal Rural or Self-prep All Other Site Types
Breakfast
$2.3750
$2.3300
Lunch or Supper
$4.1525
$4.0875
Snacks
$0.9775
$0.9550
Questions:   Nutrition Programs Unit | SNPInfo@cde.ca.gov
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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