The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Muscogee Creek Nation $1,810,553 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund supplemental food expenses for the program year ending September 30, 2026. The award is a formula grant classified as direct assistance to the tribal government.
The Muscogee Creek Nation, doing business as Agri-Business Complex Division and headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, delivers WIC services to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. The program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services, including breastfeeding promotion and support. Work is performed within the Nation's reservation jurisdiction in Okmulgee and across its eleven-county tribal lands in east-central Oklahoma.
This award obligates $1,810,553 toward food expenses within the WIC program's scope. The Muscogee Creek Nation holds multi-year formula grant relationships with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, including concurrent awards for Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer and child nutrition programs delivered to tribal citizens and sub-award pass-throughs to Oklahoma school districts under the Child and Adult Care Food Program.