WIC food expense

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $43.595 million to the Iowa Department of Public Health on October 1, 2025, under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) formula grant to support breast pump rental and equipment purchases for the period through September 30, 2026.

The award funds breast pump rental and equipment acquisition distributed through 16 sub-recipients across Iowa, providing ongoing readiness and operational excellence for WIC program delivery. Sub-recipients include county health departments and community action organizations: Webster County Health Department, Mid-Iowa Community Action Mica Inc., Operation Threshold Inc., Broadlawns Medical Center, Community Opportunities Inc., Community Health Care Inc., Mid-Sioux Opportunity Inc., County of Pottawattamie, Siouxland District Health Department, American Home Finding Association, North Iowa Community Action, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc., Community Action of Southeast Iowa, and Matura Action Corporation. These organizations collectively deliver WIC nutrition services, breastfeeding support, health services, and peer counseling to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk across Iowa.