WIC breastfeeding peer counselors(o)

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Oklahoma State Department Of Health $1,073,217 on October 1, 2025, to fund WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). The award period runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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 funds breastfeeding peer counselor services as part of the state's nutrition education and breastfeeding support infrastructure. The Oklahoma State Department Of Health administers WIC as a state health agency and distributes WIC funding to six sub-recipient local service delivery organizations across the state.