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The most common was a per-meal reimbursement based on the number of reducedprice meals. About one-third of State agencies provided this type of subsidy. |\n| --- | --- |\n\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program to provide nutritious school meals to children. State agencies administer the school meal programs in each State and Territory through agreements with local school food authorities (SFAs) . SFAs are responsible for the school meal programs in one or more schools, including program finances. SFAs maintain a nonprofit school food service (7 CFR § 210.14) 1 by managing operational costs and revenues.  \nSeveral funding sources provide revenue in a typical year:  \n• Student payments for school meals. School meals are free for most students. Students who pay for school meals pay the prices set by their SFAs (an average of $1.80 for breakfast and $2.99 for lunch in school year [SY] 2022–2023) or pay a reduced price (no more than $0.30 for breakfast and $0.40 for lunch) if their household income is between 130 and 185 percent of the Federal poverty level (42 USC § 1773; 42 USC § 1758) .2, 3 For more information, please read the research brief on meal prices (Eiffes et al. forthcoming) .4  \n• Student payments for nonprogram foods. Students must pay for foods served outside of the school meal programs, such as à la carte items.  \n• USDA reimbursements. The USDA sends SFAs cash reimbursements to subsidize the cost of every school meal (42 USC § 1773; 42 USC § 1759a) .2,5 In SY 2022–2023, the base subsidy was $0.35 for paid breakfasts,$1.81 for reduced-price breakfasts, $2.11 for free breakfasts, $0.37 for paid lunches, $3.53 for reduced-price lunches, and $3.39 for free lunches ( Federal Register, 2022) .6 The subsidy is higher in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Territories and in SFAs that serve more children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals. In SY 2022–2023, USDA reimbursed 21 percent of school breakfasts and 29 percent of school lunches at the paid rate, 3 percent  \nof school breakfasts and 4 percent of school lunches at the reduced-price rate, and 76 percent of breakfastsand 67 percent of lunches at the free rate ( USDA Child Nutrition Tables) . 7  \n• USDA Foods entitlements. USDA purchases American-grown and-produced foods and gives SFAs an entitlement of these USDA Foods. In SY 2022–2023, the average value was $0.30 per lunch ( FNS 2025) . 8  \n• USDA grant funding. USDA provides a variety of grants, such as yearly Equipment Assistance Grants for SFAsto buy the food service equipment they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety ( FNS 2024) . 9  \n• State funding. States must contribute a minimum level of funding to SFAs participating in the school meal programs (7 CFR § 210.17) . 10  \nSFAs had access to additional Federal funding in SY 2022–2023 because it was not a typical year—widespread supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic persisted and led to higher program costs (Applebaum and Figueroa 2022; Washburn et al. 2023a; FNS 2023) . 11, 12, 13 USDA provided additional funding to SFAs through the ","cbCaispdG1slhApb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaispdG1slhApb","pdf",550688,"English","# Additional funding context for school meal programs\n## How USDA and State agencies structure school meal funding\n## Revenue sources in a typical year\n## Additional Federal funding in SY 2022–2023\n### Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022\n### Supply Chain Assistance funds","[{\"question\":\"What additional Federal funding were SFAs able to access in school year 2022–2023?\",\"answer\":\"SFAs could access additional Federal funding through the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022, Supply Chain Assistance funds, and a second round of Equipment Assistance Grants.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 affect SFAs’ finances?\",\"answer\":\"It provided higher per-meal reimbursements, slightly improving finances for 26% of SFAs, moderately improving for 22%, and substantially improving for 14%. 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