WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services $5.11 million on October 1, 2025, for WIC administrative expenses under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), with performance through September 30, 2026.

The WIC program provides federal grants to state agencies for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support, for income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk.

Work is performed in North Dakota. The recipient distributes funds to local implementing agencies across the state, including Walsh County Health District, Richland County Health Department, Upper Missouri District Health Unit, Western Plains Public Health, Spirit Lake Tribe, First District Health Unit, Sanford Health Network North, Rollette County Public Health, City County Health District, Central Valley Health District, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Lake Region District Health Unit, Cooperstown Medical Center, County of Grand Forks, and City of Fargo. Sub-recipients deliver nutrition education and supplemental nutritious foods to eligible pregnant women, infants, and children, with delivery dates beginning October 1, 2025, and continuing through September 30, 2026, and with some sub-awards awarded as recently as July 2026.