WIC national infrastructure

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Health $463,522 on September 30, 2025, under the WIC Grants to States program (CFDA 10.578) for WIC National Infrastructure improvements through September 30, 2027. The recipient operates as a subsidiary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The WIC Grants to States program funds state agencies to improve delivery of program benefits and services to WIC participants, including enhancements to electronic benefits transfer and management information systems technology, breastfeeding peer counselor programs, and infrastructure projects that improve program access and customer experience. State agencies submit completed applications for infrastructure grants, including an SF-424 form, proposal, and related assurances and certifications; FNS approval determination for infrastructure grants occurs approximately ninety days from submission.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health administers the full spectrum of civilian public health, nutrition, and data-collection programs for the Commonwealth and holds no subcontract footprint—all work flows through its own federal accounts as prime recipient. The department's federal award portfolio spans 699 awards with combined obligated dollars of $10.92 billion, predominantly formula grants and cooperative agreements. Work is performed in Pennsylvania.

Recipients must maintain records supporting use of all grant funds in accordance with the cooperative agreement, retaining records for three years after submission of the final report for the fiscal year to which records pertain, except where audit findings remain unresolved.