Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Northern Arapaho Tribe received a formula grant award of $375,689 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) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This award specifically supports WIC administrative expenses required to operate WIC services at the Fort Washakie, Wyoming location serving the Wind River Reservation.

The funds support the administrative infrastructure necessary to deliver WIC program services to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who meet nutritional risk criteria. These administrative expenses enable the tribe to maintain WIC clinic operations, manage participant certification and enrollment, coordinate nutrition education services with emphasis on breastfeeding promotion, and process referrals to health and social services. As a federally recognized Indian Tribal Organization, the Northern Arapaho Tribe is authorized to receive direct WIC formula grants under the federal-tribal partnership model, allowing the tribe to administer the program's core components of supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and service referrals directly to its community members on the Wind River Indian Reservation.