WIC Food Expenses Formula Grant Award Summary

The Arizona Department of Health Services received a Formula Grant award of $3,166,755 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557). The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, supports food expenses under the WIC program in Arizona. This funding enables the provision of supplemental nutritious foods to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk.

As the state WIC agency, ADHS distributes these formula grant funds to local agencies throughout Arizona to support ongoing program operations. The WIC program, authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 as amended, represents a core federal nutrition assistance initiative that operates across all 50 states and U.S. territories. The food expenses funding complements other WIC program components, including nutrition education and referrals to health and social services, helping to address nutritional vulnerability among economically disadvantaged mothers and young children in the state.