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Special Milk Program for Children

Program Information

Popular name

SMP

Program Number

10.556

Program objective

To provide subsidies to schools and institutions to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by children.

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

    46.1 million half pints of milk served 45.2 million half pints of milk served.

  2. 2017

    41.5 million half pints of milk served.

  3. 2021

    14 million half pints of milk were served.

  4. 2022

    Total half-pint served were 18,855,685

  5. 2023

    18.8 million half pints of milk projected served.

  6. 2024

    2024 estimated 19.2 million half-pints

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 Parts 215 and 245. Other information is on the FNS website at https://www.fns.usda.gov/smp/special-milk-program