The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $19,477,263 to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services on October 1, 2025 under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557) to fund administrative expenses for WIC operations through September 30, 2026. Performance occurs in Nevada.
The recipient passes funds to sub-recipients across Nevada to staff and support WIC clinic operations and provide breastfeeding peer counseling and lactation services to eligible participants. Sub-recipients include local county health departments and public health agencies (Nye, Washoe, Lyon, Pershing counties and Carson City), federally qualified health centers and community health centers (Nevada Health Centers, Inc.; Community Health Alliance; Hawc Community Health Center), and nonprofit service organizations (Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League, Consolidated Agency of Human Services, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, Sunrise Children's Foundation, Little Peoples Head Start, Family Resource Centers of Northeastern Nevada, RON Wood Family Resource Center, and Nevada Public Health Foundation). Funding availability is contingent upon issuance of a continuing resolution.