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Revised Northeast Food for School Reallocation Awards SY24-25

To:School Food Authorities operating the National School Lunch Program
From:Robert M. Leshin, Director, Office for Food and Nutrition Programs
Date:August 12, 2024

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office for Food and Nutrition Programs (DESE FNP) in partnership with contracted partner, Massachusetts Farm to School, has reallocated remaining Northeast Food for School (NFS) funding to eligible School Food Authorities (SFAs).

Reallocation awards for eligible SFAs are outlined in the table below. To access reallocated NFS funding for the 2024-2025 school year, SFAs must attend a one-hour virtual procurement training (dates and registration details below). All NFS funds must be expended no later than December 31, 2024.

NFS seeks to increase the capacity for SFAs to procure local unprocessed or minimally processed foods for service in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, thus strengthening local food systems and ensuring children across the Commonwealth have access to high quality local foods in school meals.

Reallocation has been awarded to SFAs that demonstrated consistent spend down throughout the 2023-2024 school year.

Reallocation Eligibility:

The following SFAs in good standing that were awarded NFS funds during the 2023-2024 school year have been awarded reallocated NFS funds:

  • SFAs that expended at least 40% of their award as of February 29, 2024

And

  • SFAs that expended 100% of their award as of June 30, 2024

In either case, SFAs that spent 80% or more of awarded NFS funds during the 2023-2024 school year on fluid milk purchases were not eligible for reallocation.

Reallocation Awards:

  • SFAs have been awarded 50% of their total, original NFS allocation, with an award minimum of $1,000.00 and an award maximum of $25,000.00 (please reference award table below for individual SFA awards).

Reallocation Spending Requirements:
To access reallocated NFS funds for the 2024-2025 school year, SFAs must:

  • Attend one one-hour virtual procurement training. Failure to attend one of the two training options may result in the forfeit of awarded funds.
  • Spend all NFS funds no later than December 31, 2024.

No fluid milk purchases will not be eligible for reimbursement with reallocated NFS funds without prior approval from Local Food System Specialist Maggie Nowak .

Additionally, SFAs are strongly encouraged to spend a minimum of 25% of their reallocated NFS award with a socially disadvantaged farmer/producer in alignment with the Agricultural Marketing Service's Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program goals. SFAs will be provided technical assistance and further guidance to meet this goal.

If you have questions about NFS reallocation, please contact Local Food System Specialist, Maggie Nowak .

SY24-25 Northeast Food for School Reallocation Awards

Note: if your SFA also received a spending extension for originally awarded NFS funds unspent during the 2023-2024 school year, this reallocated NFS award is additional funding beyond the original NFS award you still have available to spend.

Agreement NumberDistrict NameAward
09-002-1Acton Boxborough Reg'l School District$15,723.00
05-009Andover Public Schools$18,425.50
14-328-1Ashburnham-Westminster$5,000.00
09-014Ashland Public Schools$9,658.50
01-020Barnstable Public Schools$16,955.00
08-024Belchertown School Committee$8,352.50
09-026Belmont Public Schools$12,018.00
13-035Boston School Committee$25,000.00
12-042-1Bridgewater-Raynham Regional$17,448.00
03-076-3Bristol County Agricultural$1,718.50
11-046Brookline Public Schools$16,558.50
11-050Canton Public Schools$9,303.50
01-126-2Cape Cod Reg'l Tech High School$2,480.50
07-061Chicopee Public Schools$25,000.00
13-035-CS-438Codman Academy Charter School$1,153.50
09-067Concord Public Schools$3,520.50
09-067-1Concord-Carlisle Regional District$2,512.00
06-068Conway School Committee$1,000.00
11-073Dedham Public Schools$11,004.00
06-074Deerfield School Committee$1,556.50
13-035-S14Department of Youth Services$1,716.00
12-083East Bridgewater School Committee$5,000.00
04-089Edgartown School Committee$1,559.50
06-192-2Franklin County Technical School$2,860.50
11-101Franklin School Committee$5,000.00
06-074-1Frontier Regional School District$1,247.00
08-143-1Gateway Regional School District$2,961.50
14-110Grafton Public Schools$7,946.00
05-009-1Greater Lawrence Regional Voc School$7,432.00
06-114Greenfield Public Schools$8,107.50
12-122Hanover School Department$7,942.50
05-128Haverhill Public Schools$22,110.50
12-131Hingham Public Schools$8,432.50
09-136Holliston Public Schools$5,000.00
07-137-CS-2Holyoke Community Charter School$3,755.00
14-348-4Learning First Charter$3,516.50
06-154Leverett Public Schools$1,000.00
09-155Lexington School Committee$18,388.00
09-157Lincoln Public Schools$1,873.00
09-158Littleton Public Schools$5,000.00
09-160Lowell Public Schools$25,000.00
14-151-I67RMcAuley Nazareth Home for Boys$1,000.00
11-175Medfield Public Schools$7,676.50
09-176Medford Public Schools$13,767.00
13-035-P100Mesivta of Greater Boston$1,406.00
14-097-1Montachusett Regional Voc Tech$4,662.00
14-294-1Narragansett Regional School District$4,903.00
09-326-1Nashoba Valley Tech High School$2,754.00
11-199Needham Public Schools$16,565.00
03-201New Bedford Public Schools$25,000.00
11-307-3Norfolk County Agricultural$1,365.50
03-212North Attleboro Public Schools$12,500.00
14-215North Brookfield$1,511.00
08-210Northampton Public Schools$6,568.00
11-220Norwood Public Schools$5,000.00
12-173-1Old Rochester Regional School District$7,291.50
06-223Orange School Committee$3,140.50
08-230Pelham School Committee$1,000.00
02-236Pittsfield Public Schools$12,500.00
11-238Plainville School Committee$2,536.00
11-244Randolph Public Schools$5,000.00
05-258Salem School Department$16,018.00
05-164-P500Seem Collaborative$1,233.00
11-266Sharon Public Schools$9,862.50
14-271Shrewsbury Public Schools$17,875.00
03-292-P215South Coast Educational Collaborative$1,000.00
07-281Springfield Public Schools$25,000.00
02-070-P8St Agnes School$1,000.00
11-285Stoughton Public Schools$12,234.00
14-287Sturbridge School Department$3,660.00
06-289Sunderland School Committee$1,000.00
09-295Tewksbury School Committee$12,255.00
11-101-2Tri-County Regional Vocational Tech$2,995.50
05-254-1Triton Regional School District$5,000.00
01-300Truro School Committee$1,000.00
04-296-1Up-Island Regional School$1,350.50
14-304Uxbridge Public Schools$6,096.50
09-305Wakefield Public Schools$9,912.50
11-307Walpole Public Schools$12,188.50
09-308Waltham Public Schools$22,820.00
14-316Webster School Committee$8,415.00
12-323West Bridgewater School Committee$5,000.00
03-331Westport Community School District$4,907.50
06-337Whately School Committee$1,000.00
07-159-P240Yeshiva Achei Tmimim$1,000.00




Last Updated: August 12, 2024



 
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