WIC admin non appro

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Vermont Agency of Human Services $217,887 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (CFDA 10.557), a formula grant providing administrative support for the program.

The award funds WIC program administration in Vermont through September 30, 2026. The WIC program 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 determined to be at nutritional risk. The Vermont Agency of Human Services, a state government entity headquartered in Waterbury, serves as Vermont's primary federal entitlements administrator and distributes federal formula grants across health, human services, nutrition, and child welfare programs to local agencies, community action organizations, and service providers throughout the state's 14 counties.