Federal Grant Award Summary

The Virginia State Board of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness Division, received a $1,433,238 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2025, through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557). This award provides non-appropriated administrative funding to support WIC program operations in Virginia through September 30, 2026. The funding enables the state agency to administer critical nutrition assistance services, including program management, certification of income-eligible participants, nutrition education delivery, and coordination with local health departments and community partners to serve pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk.

As the designated state agency administrator, the Virginia State Board of Health distributes WIC administrative resources to local agencies across the Commonwealth to support program infrastructure, staff training, systems management, and coordination of supplemental food delivery, health care referrals, and breastfeeding promotion services. This administrative funding complements concurrent WIC food expenses awards and operates under a Federal-State agreement framework requiring submission of state plans and compliance with record retention and financial accountability requirements established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended.