WIC Food Non-Appropriated Formula Grant Award Summary

The District of Columbia Department of Health received a Formula Grant award of $353,741.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). The award was obligated on October 1, 2025, with a performance period extending through September 30, 2026. This funding supports food non-appropriated expenses under the WIC program, which provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education (including breastfeeding promotion and support), and referrals to health and social services for income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk.

As a state-level WIC administrator, the District of Columbia Department of Health distributes these federal formula grant funds through local agencies to support program operations and food delivery systems serving the District's WIC-eligible population. The grant funding is allocated according to the statutory funding formulas established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, and supports the program's core mission of improving maternal and child health outcomes through evidence-based nutrition assistance.