Supply Chain Assistance Funds

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2023 Supply Chain Assistance Grant 4th Round

RESOURCES
Supply Chain Assistance FAQs SCA Return of Funds Form

UPDATED 02/12/2024

Award Amount: Varies
Attestation Submission Period: 11/17/2023 - 12/18/2023 - Extended to 1/19/2024
4th Round Final Allocations

Payments

Payment distribution began 02/09/2024 and may be identified as “SCA R4 CE ID - #####” or “CN squaremeals.org/SCA_ R4 CENAME”. Did you know you could search payments from TDA or any other state agency at the comptroller's Search State Payments Issued website? You can even sign up to receive email alerts when payments are issued using their Advanced Payment Notification (APN) feature! Find instructions here at Payment Search Information on the Comptroller’s website.

Supply Chain Assistance Grant Payments Issued - All Rounds

Grant Information

Federal Award Identification Numbers (FAIN) and Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) for all F&N grants can be found on our ALN & FAIN Numbers page.

Grant	ALN	FAIN	Amount
SCA Round 1	10.555	226TX400N8903	$111,555,254.00
SCA Round 2	10.555	226TX400N8903	$104,921,361.00
SCA Round 3	10.555	236TX400N8903	$50,046,264.00
SCA Round 4	10.555	236TX400N8903	$137,876,862.00

Eligibility

TDA distributed Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) funds to eligible Contracting Entities (CEs). These funds are exclusively to purchase unprocessed or minimally processed domestic food products where CEs have experienced unanticipated cancelation of food and supply contracts, reduced availability of certain foods, unexpected substitution of certain products, unpredictable increases in food and supply prices, and other obstacles related to pricing and/or availability. USDA expects that Round 4 funds, in addition to any unspent funds from the previous allocations will support operations in school year (SY) 2023-2024.

Public, charter, private nonprofit schools, and Resident Child Care Institutions (RCCIs), were eligible for SCA funding if they met the following criteria:

- Currently operate the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and/or School Breakfast Program (SBP).
- Have claim data for the calculation month chosen for each round.
- Encountered supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency; and
- Faced financial difficulties because of those supply chain disruptions.

Assistance available in English and Spanish. Please call 877-TEX-MEAL (877-839-6325) for help. Additional translations services available as well.

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Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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