WIC food expense

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded NYS Department Of Health $444.606 million on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), a formula grant providing supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and health referrals to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. The award runs through September 30, 2026, and funds WIC food expenses across New York State.

NYS Department Of Health, the state administering agency headquartered in Albany, distributes pass-through funding to 28 local WIC agencies operating across New York counties and New York City. Sub-recipients include county health departments (Suffolk County, Monroe County, Rockland County, Onondaga County, Hamilton County, Nassau County, Ulster County, Warren County, Livingston County, Westchester County, Cattaraugus County, Schenectady County, Essex County, Chemung County, Allegany County, Tompkins County, Washington County, and Broome County), Federally Qualified Health Centers and community health centers (La Casa De Salud Inc., Brooklyn Hospital, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Long Island Fqhc Inc., Oak Orchard Community Health Center, Harmony Health Care Long Island, Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Open Door Family Medical Center, Cornerstone Family Healthcare, North Country Family Health Center, Urban Health Plan Inc., Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, Sunset Park Health Council, Brownsville Community Development Corporation, Morris Heights Health Center, The Jamaica Hospital, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New York Health/Metropolitan Hospital Center, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, and numerous others), public hospitals and health systems (NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation operating through Bellevue, Elmhurst, Harlem, Lincoln, Morrisania, Woodhull, Queens, and other hospital centers; Brooklyn Hospital; Brookdale University Hospital; Maimonides Medical Center; Jamaica Hospital Medical Center; ST Barnabas Hospital; Montefiore Medical Center; Albany Medical College; Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Wyckoff Heights Medical Center), nonprofit community organizations (Catholic Charities entities in Rockville Centre, Buffalo, and Diocese of Albany; Lifeworks Community Action Inc.; Oswego County Opportunities; Delaware Opportunities Inc.; Community Action Program For Madison County; Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center; Oda Community Development Inc.; The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center; The Institute For Family Health; William F. Ryan Community Health Center; Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services; United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country; Pro Action of Steuben and Yates; Tioga Opportunities; Fulmont Community Action Agency; The Commission On Economic Opportunity For The Greater Capital Region; Rochester Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children; Schoharie County Community Action Program; Cortland County Community Action Program; and Opportunities For Otsego Inc.), and additional local health departments and community organizations throughout the state. These sub-recipients administer WIC local agency contracts delivering supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and healthcare referrals to eligible low-income populations. The period of performance is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.