WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $6.978 million to the State of Rhode Island Department of Health on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund administrative expenses for the program through September 30, 2026. This is a formula grant.

RIDOH, as the prime recipient, distributes WIC administrative funding to nine sub-recipients: Thundermist Health Center, Scalabrini Lay Movement Inc., Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Meeting Street, Comprehensive Community Action Inc., East Bay Community Action Program, Westbay Community Action Inc., Wood River Health Services Inc., and West Elmwood Housing Development Corp. These community health centers, nonprofits, and health organizations deliver WIC-related services including nutrition education, food assistance administration, and health referrals to income-eligible pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five identified as at nutritional risk across Rhode Island. The program emphasizes breastfeeding promotion and support alongside supplemental nutrition delivery.

The period of performance runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with work performed throughout Rhode Island.