WIC breastfeeding peer counselors(O)

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Arkansas Department of Health $780,153 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund WIC breastfeeding peer counselors. The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with performance occurring in Arkansas.

The WIC program provides federal grants to state agencies for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support, for income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. This formula grant is distributed by the state agency to local agencies supporting program operations. Arkansas Department of Health, a state health authority headquartered in Little Rock coordinating public health administration and services through local health units across Arkansas's 75 counties, receives substantial WIC funding as the state's designated administrator; the Food and Nutrition Service is the agency's top federal customer by award count with 80 WIC and related nutrition program awards.