Special Milk Program for Children
Department Of Agriculture, Food And Nutrition Service
To provide subsidies to schools and institutions to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by children.
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Helps schools and childcare centers provide milk to children who don't get meals from other federal programs. It reimburses these institutions for the milk they serve.
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Contact the state agency administering the program.
- Submit an application for the Special Milk Program.
- Provide necessary documentation as required by the state agency.
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/overview
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- rolling
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs associated with providing milk to children in schools and childcare settings
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs not directly related to the provision of milk
- administrative costs not specified
- 📏Expense Caps
- Administrative costs capped at 15%
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Yes, can combine with other government funding.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $5,032,000 (minimum $4,655,000).
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