WIC Admin Expenses Formula Grant Summary

The Minnesota Department of Health received a $22.1 million formula grant 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) awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This award funds administrative expenses for the WIC program, which provides federal support to state agencies for delivering supplemental nutrition services to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who meet nutritional risk criteria.

The funding supports the operational infrastructure and administrative functions required to deliver WIC services across Minnesota, including nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, health care referrals, and food assistance coordination. As a formula grant allocated through the statutory funding methodology established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, these administrative resources enable the state agency to manage program operations, local agency oversight, food delivery systems, certification procedures, and compliance with federal and civil rights requirements at local agencies throughout the state.