Cap FM admin. Expense (O)

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the California Department of Public Health $179,370 on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.572), a formula grant supporting administrative expenses through September 30, 2026.

The WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program issues coupons to eligible WIC participants—pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five found to be at nutritional risk—enabling them to purchase fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers, farmers' markets, and roadside stands. The program expands awareness and sales at farmers' markets and roadside stands while supplementing regular WIC benefits.

Performance occurs statewide across California, with administrative oversight centered in Sacramento. California receives this award under the federal/state agreement funding mechanism; FNS awards funds to state agencies on the basis of funding formulas, applying pro-rata reductions to grant levels above $75,000 when available funds are insufficient to meet prior-year grant levels for previously participating states. Grant payments are made by letter of credit, and the state must budget awarded funds in its State Plan of Operations.