WIC breastfeeding peer counselors(o)

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the State of Rhode Island Department of Health $268,613 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund breastfeeding peer counselor services. The award carries a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Rhode Island.

The WIC program provides federal grants to state agencies for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education—including breastfeeding promotion and support—directed to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk. This formula grant funds a specific component of Rhode Island's WIC operations: peer counselor services that support breastfeeding among eligible participants.

The State of Rhode Island Department of Health, a state health agency headquartered in Providence, serves as the direct recipient and administers the award. The state government parent entity, State of Rhode Island, holds the primary relationship to the federal funding stream; RIDOH operates as a subordinate agency managing implementation at the statewide level.