Formula Grant 255MS707W5003

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 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 Oklahoma State Department of Health received a $1,035,314 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) CFDA #10.557 to provide WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The WIC program aims to provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services to...

The State of Alaska Department of Health was awarded a $264,929 Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2022 to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program through September 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the delivery of peer counseling services to breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five who are enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (CFDA...

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 New Mexico Department of Health received a $560,183 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program. The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the funding will support the provision of breastfeeding peer counseling services to low-income pregnant and postpartum women participating in...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was awarded a $1.16 million Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the delivery of peer counseling services to breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,...

The Florida Department of Health received a $6,181,646 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding supports the state's implementation of the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) by providing low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up...

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,...

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $728,435 Formula Grant to the Connecticut Department of Public Health under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). The grant will fund WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors who will provide supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age...