WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas (HHSC) $263,284,741 on October 1, 2025, under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) formula grant program (CFDA 10.557, Assistance Listing 10.557). The award supports WIC administrative expenses and local agency services across Texas through September 30, 2026.

HHSC, operating through its Federal Funds Office Division, administers the award as the state-level grant recipient responsible for coordinating WIC program delivery statewide. The funding supports supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services for income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk.

The award obligates $263,284,741 to HHSC for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with performance statewide across Texas. This is a formula grant allocated under statutory funding formulas set forth in program legislation and regulations. HHSC distributes funds to local agencies throughout Texas to support program operations.

HHSC passes funding to 61 named sub-recipients providing WIC Local Agency Services. Sub-recipients include county governments (Denton, Harris, Matagorda, Collin, Brazoria, Chambers, Medina, Milam, Hidalgo, San Patricio, Cameron, Grayson, Hardin, Lamar, Frio, Brazoria, and Del Rio counties), municipal health departments and health districts (Williamson County and Cities Health District, Galveston County Health District, Bell County Public Health District, Paris-Lamar County Health Department, Angelina County & Cities Health District, Jasper Newton County Public Health District, Corsicana Navarro County Public Health District, and Northeast Texas Public Health District), community health centers and federally qualified health centers (Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe Inc., Tejas Health Care, Vida Y Salud-Health Systems Inc., Fort Bend Family Health Center Inc./Access Health, Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care Center Inc./Communicare Health Centers, LOS Barrios Unidos Community Clinic Inc., SU Clinica Familiar, Regence Health Network Inc., United Medical Centers, Community Health Centers of South Central Texas Inc., and Longview Wellness Center Inc./Wellness Pointe), cities and municipalities (Waco, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, San Marcos, Abilene, Amarillo, Beaumont, Brownwood, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Laredo, Port Arthur, and Texarkana), non-profit organizations (Faith Mission & Help Center Inc., South Plains Community Action Association Inc./Community Action Home Health, and Brazos Valley Council of Governments), a hospital district (Matagorda County Hospital District/Matagorda General Hospital), an academic medical center (University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston), and a children's hospital (Driscoll Children's Hospital/Driscoll Health System). These sub-recipients deliver WIC local agency services including distribution of supplemental food packages, nutrition education programming, and referrals to health and social services at the point of beneficiary enrollment and ongoing participation.