WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services $14,103,925 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) for administrative expenses. The award runs through September 30, 2026, and is classified as a formula grant.

The Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, operating as the Nebraska Food Distribution Program, distributes WIC administrative funding to local agencies across Nebraska to support program operations. The department passed WIC supplemental foods, breastfeeding support and promotion, nutrition education, and referrals to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women and to infants and children up to age five through 17 sub-recipients: Blue Valley Community Action Inc. (Fairbury); Family Service Association of Lincoln; Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska (Kearney); Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership (Pender); East Central District Health Department; People's Family Health Services Incorporated; Central District Health Department (Grand Island); Chadron Community Hospital Corporation; Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership (Loup City); Family Health Services Inc.; Loup Basin Public Health Department; North Central District Health Department; Douglas County Health Department; Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (Gering); Lincoln City of (Public Works & Utilities Division); and unnamed additional county clerk and sheriff offices. Sub-award dates range from December 9, 2025, through August 10, 2026.

The award period of performance is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Nebraska.