FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service is soliciting applications for FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grants with an application due date of July 13, 2026, with approximately $24 million available across approximately 30 awards. Eligible applicants are the 88 state agencies that currently administer the WIC program, which may apply individually or as part of an existing WIC Management Information System consortium; consortia may apply only for Objective #3 (modernized technology). Individual state agencies may request grant amounts ranging from $250,000 to $3 million depending on the number of WIC participants served, while WIC MIS consortia may request up to $1 million. No cost share is required.

Applicants must select one or more of three objectives: Objective #1 addresses program integrity to minimize waste, fraud, and abuse through policy, process, or technology improvements; Objective #2 enables redemption of WIC Cash Value Benefits at farmers markets through technological improvements (FMNP activities and costs are not allowable); Objective #3 involves updating WIC Management Information Systems and Electronic Benefits Transfer systems for data accuracy and system compliance or implementing digital services for program efficiency.

Period of performance runs from September 30, 2026, to September 30, 2028. Work is performed statewide within individual state jurisdictions or across multiple states for consortia.

Allowable costs include personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment (items exceeding $10,000), supplies (items under $10,000), contractual services, and indirect costs under a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement or up to 15 percent de minimis rate of modified total direct costs. Unallowable costs include FMNP activities, construction, land purchases, pre-award costs, MIS system remodels or complete replacements, conference travel, food and beverages, translation services, and MIS maintenance and operations costs.

Applications are evaluated on project design (40 points), project management (30 points), and budget and budget narrative appropriateness (30 points). The program is funded under CFDA 10.578, WIC Grants to States.