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TDA Food and Nutrition Program Statistics Metadata Overview

Program statistics posted here are a snapshot of TDA Food and Nutrition data. Program statistics for School Nutrition Program, Child and Adult Care Food Programs and Summer Meal Programs are derived from the site-level reimbursement datasets found on the Texas Open Data Portal.

For more information on what datasets are posted, how often they are updated, and how to access this data, please visit our F&N Open Data page.

TDA Food and Nutrition Meals Served Dashboard
Aggregate and monthly count of meals and snacks served by participants of the School Nutrition Programs (NSLP/SBP), Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP), and Summer Meal Programs (SFSP/SSO) for the current program year.


 How SquareMeals.org Program Statistics Data are Reported
Number of Contracting Entities (CE) and sites

CE and sites are counted as participants if they have submitted at least one approved claim in the program year.
 

Average meals served per day

Average meals served per day is calculated as the total number of meals served in a claim month divided by the average serving days in that month.  In reporting average meals served per day for more than one claim month, the total number of meals served in a period is divided by the sum of the average, non-zero monthly serving days in that time period.

Meals served for the year

Total meals served for the year is calculated as a sum of all meals reported on approved claims for the program year.
 

Reimbursements

Meal reimbursements are reported as the sum of all approved reimbursements for the program year.



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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)  Maximize 
The CACFP Program Year spans October 1 through September 30
 
ADULT CARE CENTERS
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities 216 209
Sites 343 349
   
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day  20,412 20,409
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day  21,322 24,598
   
Breakfast Served for the Year 5,070,485 5,034,597
Lunches Served for the Year 5,314,306 5,334,468
Snacks Served for the Year 4,987,917 5,025,373
Suppers Served for the Year 118,757 167,992
Total Meals and Snacks Served for the Year 15,491,465 15,562,430
   
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast $11,222,986 $11,497,461
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch $23,143,082 $24,286,970
Federal Reimbursement for Snack $5,824,173 $5,868,240
Federal Reimbursement for Supper $520,375 $769,178
Federal Reimbursement as Cash in Lieu $1,622,935 $1,630,270
   
Total Federal Reimbursement for Adult Day Care Centers $40,710,617 $42,421,848
 
CHILD CARE CENTERS1
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities 837 804
Sites 9,254 9,213
   
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day 134,929 142,199
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day 189,802 194,228
   
Breakfasts Served for the Year 28,841,032 29,738,332
Lunches Served for the Year 39,942,839 40,992,224
Snacks Served for the Year 53,327,231 54,230,752
Suppers Served for the Year 51,526,945 48,905,822
Total Meals Served for the Year 173,638,047 173, 867,130
   
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast $46,108,626 $48,668,648
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch $128,482,167 $137,671,849
Federal Reimbursement for Snack $45,239,002 $45,028,970
Federal Reimbursement for Supper $215,762,337 $213,884,094
Federal Reimbursement as Cash in Lieu $27,345,047 $26,615,452
   
Total Federal Reimbursement for Child Care Centers $435,592,172 $445,253,560
 
DAY CARE HOMES
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities 22 20
Sites 3,369 3,117
   
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day  13,851 12,781
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (November)2 19,262 17,841
   
Breakfast Served for the Year 2,935,892 2,785,614
Lunches Served for the Year 4,236,237 3,989,940
Snacks Served for the Year 5,225,904 4,908,580
Suppers Served for the Year 2,512,298 2,309,957
Total Meals Served for the Year 14,910,331 13,994,091
   
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast $4,804,308 $4,386,080
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch $12,866,982 $12,123,047
Federal Reimbursement for Snack $4,960,381 $4,356,333
Federal Reimbursement for Supper $7,660,062 $7,116,840
Federal Reimbursement for Administration $3,691,067 $3,587,049
   
Total Federal Reimbursement for Day Care Homes $33,982,801 $31,569,349
 
TOTAL CACFP
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities2 1,075 1,033
Sites 12,966 12,679
   
Breakfast Served for the Year 36,847,409 37,558,543
Lunches Served for the Year 49,493,382 50,316,632
Snacks Served for the Year 63,541,052 64,164,705
Suppers Served for the Year 54,158,000 51,383,771
Total Meals Served for the Year 204,039,843 203,423,651
   
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast $62,135,920 $64,552,189
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch $164,492,231 $174,081,865
Federal Reimbursement for Snack $56,023,556 $55,253,542
Federal Reimbursement for Supper $223,942,815 $221,770,111
Federal Reimbursement as Cash in Lieu $28,967,982 $28,245,722
Federal Reimbursement for Administration $3,691,067 $3,587,049
   
Total Federal Reimbursement for CACFP $510,285,590 $519,244,757
 
CACFP Footnotes:
1 CACFP Child Care represents Child Care Centers, At-Risk centers, Head Start centers, emergency shelters, and centers that serve meals outside of school hours.
2 Contracting Entities (CEs) may participate in more than one CACFP program. Total CACFP CE count will represent a CE more than once if the CE sponsors sites in different CACFP programs (Adult Day Care, Child Care, Day Care Homes)
 

School Nutrition Programs (NSLP/SBP, SMP, and FFVP)  Maximize 
The School Nutrition Programs Program Year spans July 1 through June 30
 
National School Lunch/Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP)
Program Year
2022-2023 
Program Year
2023-2024
Education Service Centers 20 20
School Districts Contract Entities (Public and Charter) 1,129 1,128
Schools 8,515 8,544
   
Private / RCCI Contract Entities 76 70
Private / RCCI Sites 140 119
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day 1,689,918 1,740,684
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day 3,102,222 3,179,542
Average Number of Snacks Served Per Day 71,456 64,259
   
Breakfasts Served For the Year 292,313,399 299,499,362
Lunches Served for the Year 534,333,768 545,432,642
Snacks Served for the Year 9,206,396 8,461,692
Total Number of Meals Served for the Year 835,853,563 853,393,696
   
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast $693,769,834 $729,930,966
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch $1,963,804,258 $1,958,035,729
Federal Reimbursement for Snack $9,798,730 $9,724,470
State Reimbursement (Public Schools) $13,760,969 $13,854,835
   
Total Federal and State Reimbursement for School Nutrition Programs $2,681,133,791 $2,711,546,000
   
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Special Milk Program did not have participants during these program years.
 
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities 68 88
Sites 337 477
   
Total Enrolled at Participating Sites 172,510 221,109
Dollar per Student $65.93 $60.71
   
Total Federal Reimbursements $11,373,584 $13,423,527
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Summer Meal Programs (SFSP and SSO)  Maximize 
Summer Meal Programs typically operate May through August1
 
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP)2
Program Year
2022-2023
Program Year
2023-2024
Contracting Entities 139 127
Sites 2,163 1,663
   
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (June) 118,330 88,528
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (July) 54,718 53,716
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (August) 36,418 30,017
   
Breakfast Meals Served June-August 1,478,529 1,165,931
AM Snack Meals Served June-August 22,989 15,226
Lunch Meals Served June-August 2,893,218 2,388,417
PM Snack Meals Served June-August 533,077 473,610
Supper Meals Served June-August 109,854 61,134
   
Total Meals Served June-August  5,037,667 4,104,318
Federal Reimbursement June-August $19,559,673 16,749,821
 Total Meals Served October-September 5,079,355 4,165,054
 Federal Reimbursement October-September 19,724,593 17,006,730
 
SEAMLESS SUMMER OPTION (SSO)
Program Year
2023
Program Year
2024
Contracting Entities 529 527
Sites 2,780 2,719
   
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (June) 262,435 262,001
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (July) 64,846 85,881
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (August) 20,064 20,813
   
Breakfast Meals Served June-August 3,081,428 2,991,003
AM Snack Meals Served June-August 5,723 3,144
Lunch Meals Served June-August 4,848,109 4,607,176
PM Snack Meals Served June-August 24,790 39,226
Supper Meals Served June-August 10,296 -
   
Meals Served June-August 7,970,346 7,640,549
Federal Reimbursement June-August $29,699,366 28,319,619
 Total Meals Served October-September3 8,146,054 7,882,500
 Federal Reimbursement October-September3 $30,345,776 $29,203,633
 
TOTAL SUMMER MEAL PROGRAMS
Program Year
2023
Program Year
2024
Contracting Entities 668 654
Sites 4,943 4,382
   
Total Meals Served June-August 13,008,013 11,744,867
Federal Reimbursement June-August $49,259,039 $45,069,440
Total Meals Served October-September3 13,225,409 12,047,554
Federal Reimbursement October-September3 $50,070,369 $46,210,362
 
Summer Meal Program Footnotes:
1 In emergency situations that impact meal service, School Nutrition Program participants may be approved to operate summer meal programs during the school year to prevent interruption of meal access. These meals are not included in the June through August summer meal metrics but are captured in the summer meal October through September metrics.
2SFSP meals served include second meals that may have been ineligible for reimbursement.
 

USDA Foods (NSLP, SFSP, CSFP, TEFAP, Trade Migration, FMNP and SFMNP)  Maximize 
Net Value of USDA Foods Received in Texas
 
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) $173,284,280 $201,573,955
 
Jan. 1, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023
Jan. 1, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) $167,893 $12,854
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) $28,306,614 $30,449,531
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)¹ $206,827,481 $229,940,557
Food Purchase Distribution Program (Trade Mitigation) $0 $0


Net Value of Farmer's Market Vouchers Redeemed
 
Jan. 1, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023
Jan. 1, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) $372,516 $364,560
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) $314,060 $313,810
 
¹ These dollar amounts include additional funding provided through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).

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