Federal Grant Award Summary

The Osage Nation received a $1,612,707 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), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2026. This award funds administrative expenses necessary to operate WIC services in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, supporting the tribal organization's capacity to deliver comprehensive nutrition assistance programming to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who meet income and nutritional risk criteria.

The administrative funding supports the operational infrastructure required to deliver WIC's three core service components: supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education with emphasis on breastfeeding promotion, and referrals to health and social services. As a federally recognized Indian Tribal Organization, the Osage Nation operates under the federal-state partnership model wherein formula grant funds enable the tribe to maintain WIC clinics and community-based service delivery sites serving approximately 45,000 tribal members across its service area. Administrative expenses covered under this award support the personnel, systems, and compliance infrastructure necessary to certify eligible participants, manage nutrition education programming, coordinate benefit delivery, and ensure adherence to federal program requirements.