Cooperative Agreement U38OT000126

This Project Grant award of $448,182 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to develop a novel physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach to improve predictions of drug transfer into breast milk. The research seeks to address the significant safety concerns around medication use by breastfeeding women, as studies show they use...

The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment was awarded a $1,158,140 Formula Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant is part of the USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and will fund WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The WIC program aims to provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and health/social service referrals to...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health was awarded a $1.56 million Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The grant funds the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA #10.557) to provide breastfeeding peer counselors. The WIC program aims to improve the nutrition and health of low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and...

The Virginia State Board of Health received a $1.42 million Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to support WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors. This three-year award, issued on October 1, 2022 and set to conclude on September 30, 2025, will fund the provision of supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social...

The Puerto Rico Department of Health received a $500,000 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program. The grant is part of the USDA's WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and will provide funding from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under this WIC grant, the Puerto Rico Department of Health will deliver nutrition education and breastfeeding...

The Alabama Department of Public Health received a $300,000 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) federal grant program. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Under this Formula Grant, the Alabama Department of Public Health will provide breastfeeding peer counseling services to support low-income pregnant and postpartum women and...

The Connecticut Department of Public Health was awarded a $684,537 Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant is part of the USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and will fund WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The grant will support the provision of breastfeeding peer counseling services to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and...

The Indiana State Department of Health was awarded a $1.8 million Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The grant funding supports the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA #10.557) and will provide for WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors. The WIC program aims to provide low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and...

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health, was awarded a $696,940 Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the provision of breastfeeding peer counseling services to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and infants under age five participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition...

This $800,603 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service supports breastfeeding peer counseling services to support the Iowa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) through September 2024. The Iowa Department of Public Health is the primary recipient and works with fifteen sub-awardees across the state to deliver breastfeeding peer counseling to WIC participants. Sub-awardees include local health departments,...