WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Tennessee Department of Health $55.588 million in WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) administrative expenses funding on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children formula grant (CFDA 10.557).

The award funds administrative costs for the state agency's operation of WIC services across Tennessee. Place of performance is Tennessee.

The Tennessee Department of Health distributes WIC funding to local health departments and county governments throughout Tennessee's 95 counties to deliver nutrition assistance, 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. Named sub-recipients include Jackson Madison Health Department, Hamilton County Health Department, Shelby County Government, Nashville & Davidson County Metropolitan Government, Sullivan County Regional Health Department, Knox County Health Department, and county governments in Williamson, Loudon, Washington, Coffee, Putnam, Montgomery, Lawrence, Campbell, Hamblen, Anderson, Cumberland, Dickson, Blount, Rutherford, and other Tennessee counties. Sub-award agreements were executed October 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.