WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Massachusetts Department of Public Health $33.42 million on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) for the period of performance October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant funds administration of the WIC program, which delivers supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and breastfeeding promotion and support to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk.

MDPH distributed funds to 28 sub-recipients across Massachusetts, including community health centers, health systems, nonprofit community action agencies, and local health organizations. Sub-recipients administer WIC services including nutrition assistance, breastfeeding peer counselor programs, and health care referrals at locations in Berkshire County, Greater Lawrence, Fall River, Framingham, Holyoke, Lowell, New Bedford, Springfield, Worcester, and Cape Cod, as well as in Boston neighborhoods including Roxbury, Dorchester, East Boston, and Cambridge. Sub-recipients include Berkshire Medical Center, Lynn Community Health, Valley Opportunity Council, Making Opportunity Count Inc., Community Action Inc., Harbor Health Services, Tapestry Health Systems, Community Teamwork Inc., South Middlesex Opportunity Council, and community health centers in Worcester, Greater New Bedford, and Fall River, among others.