Supply Chain Assistance Funds

Funding Description

The Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) 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 unprocessed or minimally processed domestic food products to support the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO), or NSLP Afterschool Snack program.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	SCA 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. This includes SFAs currently operating the NSLP Seamless Summer Option (SSO) in School Year (SY) 2021-22 under Child Nutrition Response #85: Nationwide Waiver to Allow the SSO through SY 2021-22 and NSLP Afterschool Snacks.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Unavailable
Source / Type	Federal / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2022-23
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	5466 / 8220
Total Available	$115,356,821
Recipient Amount	Unavailable
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	NA

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Supply Chain Assistance Funding Results 2022 [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/scafundsresults22.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	SCA Funds team, SCAfunds@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Richard Nakahara, 916-322-2180, rnakahara@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division, 916-445-0850 (phone), 916-445-4842 (fax)