WIC Administrative Expenses Formula Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the State of Alaska Department of Health $7,805,977 in formula grant funding effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557). This formula grant supports administrative expenses for the WIC program, which delivers supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education including breastfeeding promotion, and health and social service referrals to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. The State of Alaska Department of Health administers the award as the designated state WIC agency, utilizing the funds for statewide program operations across Alaska's seven public health regions.

The state distributes WIC administrative funding to local implementing agencies through sub-awards to support program delivery across Alaska's geographically dispersed population. Current sub-awardees include the Municipality of Anchorage, Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, Alaska Family Services Inc., Maniilaq Association, North Slope Borough, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Kodiak Area Native Association, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Southcentral Foundation, and Norton Sound Health Corporation. These sub-recipients—comprising local governments, Alaska Native tribal health organizations, and community-based nonprofits—deliver WIC services at the community level, ensuring program access to eligible mothers, infants, and children throughout urban and rural Alaska communities.