WIC ADMIN EXPENSES Federal Grant Award Summary

Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHC) received a Formula Grant of $937,484 from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, funds administrative expenses related to WIC program operations in the Northern Mariana Islands.

As the territorial healthcare provider, CHC utilizes this funding to support the administrative infrastructure necessary to deliver WIC services to income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk. WIC administrative expenses typically encompass staffing, certification procedures, nutrition education coordination, health and social service referrals, and program management activities required to implement supplemental nutrition assistance and breastfeeding promotion services across the CNMI. This formula grant allocation is distributed through the established federal-state agreement framework, which requires CHC to maintain comprehensive records of all program operations for three years following final fiscal year reporting.