Federal Grant Award Summary

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma received a $1.49 million Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), obligated on October 1, 2025, with a performance period extending through September 30, 2026. These administrative expense funds support the operational infrastructure necessary to deliver the WIC program to eligible populations within the Choctaw Nation's service area in Durant, Oklahoma.

The award funds administrative functions essential to WIC program delivery, including program management, nutrition education coordination, participant certification and eligibility determination, food instrument issuance and tracking, and coordination of health and social service referrals for income-eligible pregnant women, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five identified as nutritionally at-risk. As a federally recognized Indian Tribal Organization, the Choctaw Nation utilizes Formula Grant allocations to support local program operations that complement supplemental food provision and nutrition education services delivered through the broader WIC initiative, which operates across all 50 states, tribal organizations, and U.S. territories.