WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the New Jersey Department of Health $45.769 million on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to support WIC administrative expenses through September 30, 2026. The award funds the state agency's operational costs in administering the program statewide. Performance occurs in New Jersey.

The New Jersey Department of Health sub-awarded portions of this formula grant to 16 local implementing entities, each tasked with delivering WIC services and breastfeeding peer counseling to improve nutritional status of eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five and to distribute breast pumps to encourage breastfeeding for one year. Sub-recipients include the City of Newark Department of Health & Community Wellness, County of Gloucester, City of Passaic, Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc. (Norwescap), Rutgers The State University of New Jersey School of Nursing, Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Inc., The Children's Home Society of New Jersey, Tri-County Community Action Agency Inc. (Gateway Community Action Partnership), City of Jersey City, North Hudson Community Action Corporation, Ocean County Health Department, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph's University Medical Center Inc., City of Plainfield, and County of Burlington. All sub-award agreements were dated between October 10 and December 9, 2025.