Food Distribution Program (FDP) Entitlements - School Nutrition Programs - Program Year 2021-2022

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<b>About the Dataset</b><br>

This dataset contains <b>USDA Foods entitlement data for Contracting Entities (CE) approved to operate school nutrition programs for program year 2021-2022. USDA Foods entitlements are funds provided by the state to Texas schools for use on USDA Foods commodities. </b>

School nutrition programs operate July 1 through the June 30. <p>

<b>About Dataset Updates</b><br>

TDA aims to post new program year data by October 1 of the active program year and update this dataset monthly until the close of the program year.

An overview of <b>all TDA Food and Nutrition data available</b> on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our <b><a href=https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/TDA-Data-Overview-Food-and-Nutrition-Programs-Open/nk79-w2cs/ target=""_blank"">TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data</a></b> page. <p>

<b>More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal</b> can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the <b><a href=http://www.squaremeals.org/FandNResources/PublicInformationRequests/TDAFoodandNutritionOpenData.aspx target=""_blank"">TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data</a> </b>page.

<b>About the Agency</b><br>

The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP), and the summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — <i>Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.</i><p>

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"texas-gov/food-distribution-program-fdp-entitlements-school-eccj-yc7p\".\"food_distribution_program_fdp_entitlements_school\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.