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USDA Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA)

USDA National School Lunch Program federal grants and funding administered by the Food and Nutrition Administration, including statewide equipment-assistance awards and subsequent state-administered school subgrants.

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Latest verification: October 28, 2026 — full 15-page USDA FY2027 NOFA and federal opportunity listing
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Open October 28, 2026 through January 11, 2027, 11:59 p.m. EST for eligible primary NSLP State administering agencies only. Future school/LEA/SFA subgrant applications are not yet universally open; State-level competitions follow awards and USDA approval of State RFAs.
Verified October 28, 2026 — full 15-page USDA FY2027 NOFA and federal opportunity listing

USDA Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA)

FY2027 USDA Harvest to Hallways National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants — State Agencies Only

Federal FY2027 state-agency NSLP equipment-assistance funding; $50 million total with state-specific award caps. Schools must await separate state subgrant competitions. USDA applications due January 11, 2027, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Funding$50,000,000 total federal program funding across 54 NSLP State agencies. Each eligible State agency may request no more than its specific FY2027 Appendix A allocation (range $61,717–$6,200,306; Texas highest $6,200,306). Individual school subgrant maximum not published in federal NOFA; State RFAs will determine.
DeadlineJanuary 11, 2027, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), for eligible State agency applications to USDA via Grants.gov.
Required next actionIf you are a primary NSLP State administering agency, verify your Appendix A cap, UEI/SAM/Grants.gov registration, and submit the up-to-five-page project application, budget narrative, SF-424, SF-424A, SF-424B, SF-LLL, FNS-906 and any indirect-cost evidence to Grants.gov by January 11, 2027, 11:59 p.m. EST. If you are a school, LEA, or SFA, monitor your own State NSLP agency for the separately announced competitive subgrant RFA; this federal USDA application is not open directly to schools.
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