Program Statistics

Program Statistics

TDA Food and Nutrition Program Statistics Metadata Overview

Program statistics posted here are a snapshot of TDA Food and Nutrition data as of December 9, 2019. Program Statistics are updated annually.

More frequently updated data can be found free and open to the public on the Texas Open Data Portal at Data.Texas.Gov.

Program statistics 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 TDA Food and Nutrition Public Information Requests page on SquareMeals.org.

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 time period divided by the average serving days in that time period. Average serving days is calculated as the total number of non-zero meal serving days in a time period divided by the total number of sites reporting at least one meal serving day 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.

Child and Adult Care Food Program

The CACFP Program year spans October 1 through september 30	Program Year 2017-2018	Program Year 2018-2019
ADULT DAY CARE
Contracting Entities*	286	272
Sites*	418	404
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day (November)	24,508	24,572
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (November)	25,701	25,799
Breakfast Served for the Year	6,223,502	6,237,839
Lunches Served for the Year	6,528,447	6,540,640
Snacks Served for the Year	5,990,028	6,031,124
Suppers Served for the Year	31,280	38,106
Total Meals Served for the Year	18,773,257	18,847,709
Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast	$10,883,204	$11,165,821
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch	$22,553,077	$23,151,701
Federal Reimbursement for Snack	$5,261,599	$5,474,258
Federal Reimbursement for Supper	$105,200	$134,539
Federal Reimbursement for Cash in Lieu	$1,529,303	$1,550,202
Total Federal Reimbursement for Adult Day Care Centers	$40,332,382	$41,476,522
CHILD CARE CENTERS
Contracting Entities	958	957
Sites	8,279	8,539
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day (November)	136,926	137,780
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (November)	176,160	178,510
Breakfast Served for the Year	32,815,527	33,448,077
Lunches Served for the Year	44,519,542	44,558,999
Snacks Served for the Year	60,492,928	60,760,512
Suppers Served for the Year	45,575,011	52,095,956
Total Meals Served for the Year	183,403,008	191,863,544
Federal Reimbursements for Breakfast	$41,792,781	$43,338,799
Federal Reimbursements for Lunch	$114,295,815	$119,415,024
Federal Reimbursements for Snack	$38,433,163	$39,580,122
Federal Reimbursements for Supper	$152,110,025	$178,764,766
Federal Reimbursements for Cash in Lieu	$20,995,130	$23,000,114
Total Federal Reimbursements for Child Care Centers	$367,626,913	$404,098,826
DAY CARE HOMES
Contracting Entities*	39	37
Sites*	4,914	4,560
Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day (November)	17,248	16,058
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (November)	22,433	21,156
Breakfast Served for the Year	4,257,500	3,995,633
Lunches Served for the Year	5,944,261	5,571,303
Snacks Served for the Year	7,839,599	7,180,654
Suppers Served for the Year	3,950,224	3,618,229
Total Meals Served for the Year	21,991,584	20,365,819
Federal Reimbursements for Breakfast	$5,269,375	$4,941,221
Federal Reimbursements for Lunch	$14,176,808	$13,300,109
Federal Reimbursements for Snack	$5,455,911	$4,998,466
Federal Reimbursements for Supper	$9,615,854	$8,837,116
Federal Reimbursements for Administration	$4,618,684	$4,400,366
Total Federal Reimbursements for Day Care Homes	$39,136,632	$36,477,279
TOTAL CACFP
Contracting Entities^	1,283	1,266
Sites^	13,611	13,503
Breakfast Served for the Year	43,296,529	43,681,549
Lunches Served for the Year	56,992,250	57,670,942
Snacks Served for the Year	74,322,555	73,968,862
Suppers Served for the Year	49,556,515	55,644,691
Total Meals Served for the Year	224,167,849	230,966,044
Federal Reimbursements for Breakfast	$57,945,360	$59,445,841
Federal Reimbursements for Lunch	$151,025,699	$155,866,834
Federal Reimbursements for Snack	$49,150,673	$50,052,846
Federal Reimbursements for Supper	$161,831,080	$187,736,422
Federal Reimbursements for Cash in Lieu	$22,524,432	$24,550,317
Federal Reimbursements for Administration	$4,618,684	$4,400,366
Total Federal Reimbursement for CACFP	$447,095,928	$482,052,627

CACFP Child Care represents Child Care Centers, At-Risk centers, Head Start centers, emergency shelters, and centers that serve meals outside of school hours.

For "Mixed" Tier II Day Care Homes, average serving days are determined by using the highest Tier II serving day in November.

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 Centers, Day Care Homes).

Special Milk Program

The School Nutrition Programs Program Year spans july 1 through june 31	Program Year 2017-2018	Program Year 2018-2019
Contracting Entities	3	3
Sites	3	3
Average Half Pints Served Per Day for the Year	268	162
Half Pints Served for the Year	59,298	35,913
Total Federal Reimbursements:	$12,304	$7,362

National School Lunch/Breakfast Programs

The School Nutrition Programs Program year spans July 1 through June 31	Program Year 2017-2018*	Program Year 2018-2019

Education Service Centers	20	20
School Districts/Contract Entities (Public & Charter)	1,132	1,127
Schools	8,259	8,303

Private RCCI Contract Entities	110	100
Private RCCI Sites	201	191

Average Number of Breakfasts Served Per Day (September - May)	1,819,153	1,838,269
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (September - May)	3,140,522	3,164,232
Average Number of Snacks Served Per Day (September - May)	106,289	97,439

Breakfasts Served for the Year	313,050,312	320,956,699
Lunches Served for the Year	540,012,902	552,628,745
Snacks Served for the Year	16,113,165	15,395,309

Total Number of Meals Served for the Year	869,176,379	888,980,753

Federal Reimbursement for Breakfast	$576,142,165	$611,690,984
Federal Reimbursement for Lunch	$1,455,000,333	$1,534,971,999
Federal Reimbursement for Snack	$13,842,107	$13,815,577
State Reimbursement (Public Schools)	$14,494,835	$13,958,055

Total Federal and State Reimbursement for NSLP and SBP	$2,059,479,440	$2,174,436,615
*Correction: Previously posted data for 2017-2018 School Nutrition Programs reported 'Meals for the Year' for September through May only. Updated data for 2017-2018 School Nutrition Program 'Meals served for the Year' now represent data for the entire program year (July 1 – June 31).

Summer Feeding Programs

Summer Meal Programs run mid-May Through the end of August	Program Year 2018	Program Year 2019
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
Contracting Entities	313	291
Sites	3,710	3,503

Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (May)	12,854	15,250
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (June)	216,236	213,157
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (July)	114,637	113,539
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (August)	69,362	69,750

Breakfast Meals Served for the Year	2,815,533	2,767,263
AM Snack Meals Served for the Year	77,045	106,167
Lunch Meals served for the year	5,580,687	5,472,411
PM Snack Meals served for the year	1,032,617	961,129
Supper Meals served for the year	266,041	188,616
Meals served for the year	9,771,923	9,495,586
Federal Reimbursement	$29,972,347	$29,919,362

Seamless Summer Option
Contracting Entities	351	361
Sites	1,983	2,208

Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (May)	14,976	20,573
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (June)	172,025	188,267
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (July)	61,253	61,582
Average Number of Lunches Served Per Day (August)	39,296	36,587

Breakfast Meals served for the year	2,180,688	2,318,698
AM Snack Meals served for the year	2,288	3,077
Lunch Meals served for the year	3,470,455	3,713,798
PM Snack Meals served for the year	53,247	71,592
Supper Meals served for the year	28,581	25,322
Meals served for the year	5,735,259	6,132,487
Federal Reimbursement	$16,206,183	$17,750,186

Total Summer Meal Programs
Contracting Entities	664	652
Sites	5,693	5,711
Meals Served for the Year	15,507,182	15,628,073
Total Federal Reimbursement for Summer Meals	$46,178,531	$47,669,548

Summer Meal Program data represents all reported meals served, including second meals that were ineligible for reimbursement. Supper meals served for the year (2019) include suppers served in September as a result of Tropical Storm Imelda.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Program Year spans July 1 through june 30.	Program Year 2017-2018	Program Year 2018-2019
Contracting Entities:	58	67
Sites:	341	320
Total Enrollment at Participating Sites:	184,431	164,452
Dollar per Student:	$45	$48
Total Federal Reimbursements:	$8,378,737	$7,969,512

USDA Foods

Program Year	July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018	July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) - USDA Foods*	$199,414,540	$189,701,410
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) – USDA Foods*	$82,480	$100,023
Total Food Distribution Program:	$199,497,020	$189,801,433

Program Year	Sept 1, 2017-Aug 31, 2018	Sept 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)*	$42,359,027	$55,124,231
Disaster Relief Supplement*		$3,787,521
Food Purchase Distribution Program (Trade Mitigation)*		$65,224,813
Total TEFAP:		$124,136,565

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)*	$12,908,926	$17,549,863

Program Year	Sept 1, 2017-Aug 31, 2018	Sept 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Senior Farmer Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)**	$115,288	$114,456

Program Year	May 1, 2018-Sept 30, 2018	May 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2019
Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)**	$1,054,646	$1,024,377

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