WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $67.466 million to the Pennsylvania Department of Health on October 1, 2025, for WIC Administrative Expenses under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), covering the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, in Pennsylvania.

The award funds Nutrition Services and Administration (NSA), breast pump provision, peer counseling, and ACEND (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Credentialing Network) costs for WIC program operations. The Pennsylvania Department of Health distributes these funds to 25 sub-recipients—non-profit health centers, community action agencies, county health departments, and regional planning organizations—that operate WIC clinics and deliver direct services to eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children under age five. Sub-recipients include Family Health Council Central Pa Inc., South Central Community Action Programs Inc., Blueprints, Community Health Services Inc., North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, Adagio Health Inc., Maternal & Family Health Services Inc., Chester County, Hope Enterprises Inc., UPMC Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania, United Neighborhood Facilities Health Care Corp, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County Inc., Community Action Partnership of Cambria County Inc., Community Progress Council Inc., The Broad Top Area Medical Center Inc., Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc., County of Allegheny, Mon Valley Community Health Services Inc., and North Central Organized Regionally For Total Health Inc. Each sub-recipient's funding supports NSA, breast pump, and peer counseling costs (with some also covering ACEND training expenses) for the fiscal period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. The work is performed statewide across Pennsylvania.