WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment $26.597 million on October 1, 2025, under the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) program formula grant to fund WIC administrative expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, with work performed statewide in Colorado.

The award funds administration of the WIC program, which provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and health and social service referrals to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment distributes sub-awards to county health departments, regional councils of government, community health centers, and other local entities across Colorado that directly administer local WIC benefits, eligibility certification, nutrition education, and health referral services. Named sub-recipients receiving WIC-Admin sub-awards include Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments, Valley-Wide Health Systems, Summit County, Prowers County, Sunrise Community Health, Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, Larimer County Engineering Department, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, Northeast Colorado Health Department, Teller County, Montrose County, Montezuma County Public Health Department, Jefferson County, Otero County Health Department, Gunnison County, Kit Carson County Health Service District, San Miguel County, Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department, Broomfield, El Paso County Public Health, Adams County, Bent County, Park County, Eagle County Government, Douglas County Government, Mesa County Health Department, Archuleta County, and Garfield County. Additional sub-recipients were noted without identifying information. The period of performance runs October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.