Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Virginia State Board of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness Division, received a $23.8 million Formula Grant award obligated on October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557). This award specifically funds WIC administrative expenses, which support the operational infrastructure required to deliver the WIC program across Virginia. Administrative funding covers essential functions including program management, certification procedures, nutrition education delivery, food benefit issuance and redemption systems, civil rights compliance, fair hearing procedures, and financial operations oversight necessary to serve income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.

As the designated state agency, the Virginia State Board of Health distributes WIC administrative funds to local health departments and district health offices throughout the Commonwealth to implement program operations at the community level. The administrative expenses support the infrastructure enabling local agencies to process participant eligibility determinations, manage food benefit distribution, coordinate referrals to health and social services, and provide nutrition education and breastfeeding promotion services. This award complements concurrent WIC food expense funding and represents a critical component of Virginia's comprehensive nutrition assistance delivery system serving nutritionally at-risk populations statewide.