Assistance program
Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program
-$1.0 Billion committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- Agricultural Marketing Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.185
- What it does
- 1. Provide an opportunity for States to strengthen their local and regional food system. 2. Help to support local, small, and socially disadvantaged farmers/producers through building and expanding economic opportunities. 3. Establish and broaden partnerships with farmers/producers and schools to ensure distribution of fresh and nutritious foods.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Eligible entities include the State agencies, commissions, or departments that are responsible for agriculture, procurement, food distribution, emergency response, administration of the National School Lunch Program, or similar activities within the State. AMS will make only one award per State or territory; agencies within the State must coordinate if more than one agency wishes to implement this program.
- Authorized by
- 15 U.S.C. § 714c(a) and 714c(b)
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments