WIC admin expenses

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $10,847,794 to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare on October 1, 2025, under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund WIC administrative expenses in Idaho through September 30, 2026. The assistance type is a formula grant.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's Financial Services Division administered program operations statewide, passing through funding to seven regional district health departments and tribal health entities to deliver WIC services and breastfeeding peer counseling to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five determined to be at nutritional risk. Sub-recipients included Panhandle Health District (award date September 5, 2025), Southeastern Idaho Public Health (September 5, 2025), North Central District Health (September 8, 2025), South Central Public Health (September 8, 2025), Southwest District Health (September 9, 2025), Eastern Idaho Public Health (September 11, 2025), Central District Health Department / Public Health District 4 (September 26, 2025), Coeur D'Alene Tribal Health Authority doing business as Marimn Health (September 17, 2025), and Nez Perce Tribe (September 26, 2025 and March 16, 2026). The grant period ran from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Idaho. Additional sub-award obligations were issued between January and March 2026 to regional health districts for WIC and breastfeeding peer counseling services.