WIC Administrative Expenses – Formula Grant Award Summary

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation received a formula grant award of $1,581,452.00 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, is designated specifically for WIC administrative expenses. This funding supports the Nation's comprehensive WIC program operations serving the Shawnee, Oklahoma area and its five-county service region in central Oklahoma.

The award enables the Citizen Potawatomi Nation to administer essential WIC services to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk. Administrative funding covers program management, certification processes, nutrition education delivery, breastfeeding promotion and support, coordination of health and social service referrals, and maintenance of required program records and compliance documentation. As a tribal government entity with established capacity in federal grant management, the Nation leverages this formula grant allocation to deliver critical nutrition assistance and supportive services within its service area as part of the broader WIC program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.