The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a $885,567 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 (CFDA 10.557). The award period is from March 11, 2021 through September 30, 2021. As the designated state agency, Maine DHHS will use the funding to provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services will receive $750,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) from September 2022 through September 2024. The funding will support the WIC program's goal of providing supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and...
This $271,966 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service supports the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in Maine. The WIC program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to five years old who are at...
This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) provides $13,235,054.00 in funding to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports the delivery of critical services under the WIC program, including the provision of supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services will receive $257,219 under a Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Funding will support the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to provide low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are nutritionally at-risk with...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services was awarded a $268,088 Formula Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to provide nutrition education and breastfeeding peer counseling services from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Specifically, the Maine DHHS will use the funding to support similar nutrition education and counseling services delivered by nine...
This federal Formula Grant award of $7,715,796.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) program (CFDA 10.557). The grant funding supports the delivery of critical nutrition assistance services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk in the state of Maine. Key services...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) received an $839,478 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on May 23, 2023 to provide services under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) through September 30, 2027. As the designated state agency to administer the WIC program, Maine DHHS will deliver supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and...
This $108,952 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service supports the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.572) in Maine. The award will fund the provision of fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs to low-income women, infants, and children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The grant also aims to expand awareness and sales at local farmers markets and roadside...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a $101,583.93 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant funding supports the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) for the period of October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The WIC FMNP, as outlined in the CFDA 10.572 program, provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables and herbs to women, infants, and children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition...