This federal Formula Grant award of $13,696,870.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service provides funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), also known as the WIC program. The WIC program is designed to support low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to five years old who are at nutritional risk, by providing supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition...
The Rhode Island Department of Health received a $350,000 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant was awarded under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional...
The Rhode Island Department of Health received a $299,619 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). Under the award, the Rhode Island Department of Health will provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and...
The Rhode Island Department of Health was awarded a $243,206 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Grants to States (CFDA 10.578) program. The grant will support improvements and enhancements to the delivery of WIC program benefits and services to participants in Rhode Island from March 2022 through September 2023. As the State agency responsible for...
This $269,570 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (CFDA 10.557) will provide funding to the State of Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) for the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The WIC program aims to support low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to age five...
The Rhode Island Department of Health received a $268,370 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, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Through this funding, the Rhode Island Department of Health will provide breastfeeding peer counseling services to support low-income pregnant and postpartum women and mothers...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $241,207 to the Rhode Island Department of Health Division of Community Health and Equity doing business as Family Health Division for the WIC Grants to States (WGS) program. This Project Grant will support improvements and enhancements to the delivery of program benefits and services to participants under the WGS program (CFDA #10.578) through September 30, 2022. The WGS program assists State WIC agencies in modernizing service...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $9,774,381 Formula Grant to the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) for its Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) administrative expenses. The WIC program provides supplemental nutrition assistance, nutrition education, and health/social service referrals to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. This 1-year grant, running from...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $998,740 Formula Grant to the Hawaii Department of Health for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding supports the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program (CFDA #10.557). The WIC program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women,...
This $25,040,830.00 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service provides funding for the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). The grant supports the Hawaii Department of Health's delivery of critical public health services, including the provision of supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services for low-income...