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School Breakfast Program

Program Information

Popular name

SBP

Program Number

10.553

Program objective

To assist States in implementing a nutritious nonprofit breakfast service for school children, through meal reimbursements and food donations.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Approximately 2.45 billion breakfasts were served in FY 2016, slightly more than the 2.33 billion breakfasts served in FY 2015.

  2. 2017

    2.41 billion breakfasts served.

  3. 2021

    The total number of breakfasts served in FY 2021 is 1.06 billion.

  4. 2022

    The total number of breakfasts served in FY 2022 was 2.59 billion.

  5. 2023

    The total number of breakfasts served in FY 2023 was 2.38 billion.

  6. 2024

    Projected breakfasts to be served in FY 2024 is 2.51 billion.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program regulations are codified at 7 CFR Part 220, and 7 CFR 245 for free and reduced price meal eligibility. Other information is on the FNS Web site at https://www.fns.usda.gov/sbp/school-breakfast-program-sbp

  1. 42 U.S.C. § 1771, 1773.
  2. Child Nutrition Act of 1966.