Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Iowa Department of Public Health received a Formula Grant award of $11.4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2025, to support WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) administrative expenses through September 30, 2026. Under CFDA 10.557, this funding enables the state agency to manage and operate WIC program administration across Iowa, including oversight of local agency operations, certification procedures, nutrition education coordination, and program compliance activities. Formula Grant awards under the WIC program are distributed to state agencies in accordance with statutory funding formulas, with state agencies responsible for distributing funds to local agencies to support overall program operations.

WIC administrative funding supports the infrastructure necessary to deliver the program's core services—supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services—to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk. The Iowa Department of Public Health, as a state government entity, utilizes these administrative resources to maintain financial operations, food delivery systems, certification procedures, civil rights compliance, and fair hearing procedures that enable effective WIC program delivery throughout the state.