Local Food for Schools Funding

Funding Description

The Local Food for Schools (LFS) funding provides additional federal fund allocations to eligible School Food Authorities (SFA) to alleviate supply chain disruptions in the school meal programs. Funds must be used exclusively to purchase local unprocessed or minimally processed domestic food products to support the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or School Breakfast Program (SBP).

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	LFS funds are only available to SFAs (including school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, private nonprofit schools, Residential Child Care Institutions, and tribal schools currently operating the NSLP and/or SBP.)
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Federal Award Identification Number - AM23CPLFS000C002
Source / Type	Federal / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2022-23
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	5466 / 8220
Total Available	$23,071,364
Recipient Amount	Unavailable
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Funding will be a base payment of $5,000, given to all eligible SFAs that opt-in, and a proportional funding amount based on each SFA's share of statewide student enrollment. Enrollment data from October 2021 will be used to determine the proportional amount.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Local Food for Schools [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/localfoodforschools.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Local Food for Schools Funding Results 2022 [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/lfsfundresults22.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Local Food for Schools Funds Team, LFSGrant@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Richard Nakahara, 800-952-5609, rnakahara@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division, 800-952-5609