WIC Food Expense Formula Grant Summary

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health received a formula grant award of $49.2 million 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), obligated on October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2026. This award specifically funds WIC food expenses for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and supports the provision of supplemental nutritious foods to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk.

As a state formula grant under the WIC program, these funds enable the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to distribute supplemental food benefits to eligible participants through the state's WIC delivery system. The award represents the state's allocated portion of federal WIC funding based on the statutory funding formula established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, and is typically distributed to local WIC agencies throughout Massachusetts for direct participant benefit issuance and program operations related to food provision.