Formula Grant 265KY703W1003

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $35.138 million to the Health Services Kentucky Cabinet For on October 1, 2025, for WIC Admin Expenses under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), a formula grant program providing supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services for income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk.

The recipient, a state government entity headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky, operates as the designated state-level administrator for federal health and human services programs and passed the funding through to multiple sub-recipients on two separate disbursement dates. Sub-awards dated July 1, 2026, and October 1, 2025, flowed to local and district health departments across Kentucky counties, including North Central District Health Department, Barren River District Health Department, KY River District Health Department, Monroe County Health Department, Knox County Health Department, Whitley County Health Department, Clark County Health Department, Muhlenberg County Health Department, Greenup County Health Department, Calloway County Health Department, Bullitt County Health Department, Christian County Health Department, Pike County Health Department, Carter County Fiscal Court, Green River District Health Department, Graves County Health Department, Bracken County Health Department, Three Rivers District Health Department, Lexington-Fayette Urban-County Department of Health, Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, Purchase District Health Department, Bourbon County Health Department, Wedco District Health Department, Lewis County Health Department, Lake Cumberland District Health Department, Marshall County Health Department, Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department, Breckinridge County Health Department, County of Madison, Laurel County Health Department, Martin County Health Department, Woodford County Kentucky, and Bell County Health Department. All sub-recipients deliver WIC Administration services. Period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Kentucky.