Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.244
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 10 $16,264,451 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- NWWSD
- Assistance type
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Treasury account
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- 12-0502-0-1-352
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is funding workforce development and implementation projects for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), with the most recent awards issued on September 15, 2024 under CFDA 10.244.
The program funds development and delivery of WIC workforce strategies, training models, and implementation projects designed to address barriers to recruitment and retention of WIC staff, increase workforce diversity and cultural competency, and improve WIC participation rates among eligible but unenrolled populations. Funded activities include building national training models and technical assistance centers for WIC professionals, developing paraprofessional career pathways aligned with nutrition training, designing effective staffing models for diverse WIC contexts, creating scholarship registries and funding directories to support WIC staff education and credentialing, piloting culturally tailored approaches to workforce engagement, and establishing fellowships targeting students at minority-serving institutions. Awards are structured as cooperative agreements exclusively, providing multi-year funding for systems-level workforce development initiatives.
NIFA is the sole funding agency under this program. Over the past two years, award activity accelerated from one award in 2023 to nine in 2024, with $16.3 million in combined federal dollars obligated across ten total awards. Recent awards range from approximately $141 thousand to $6.9 million in federal obligation. Representative recent recipients include the University of Minnesota (developing a national WIC Technical Assistance and Peer Coaching Center for $5 million), University of Minnesota Extension (identifying WIC staffing models for $6.9 million), and the Center for Nutrition and Health Impact (providing technical assistance and evaluation support for $539 thousand). The Association of State Public Health Nutritionists received funding for a National WIC Fellowship program targeting minority-serving institution students.
No current open solicitations are posted. The most recent opportunities—posted May 21, 2024 with a July 1, 2024 due date—solicited applications for WIC Workforce Evaluation and Technical Assistance Centers and Implementation Projects designed to strengthen workforce diversity and address critical staffing needs across regional and national priorities. Project periods do not exceed five years.
Objective and description
- Objective
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, hereafter referred to as WIC, is administered by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and serves to safeguard the health of eligible women who are pregnant, postpartu
- Description
This project is part of a joint agency initiative between FNS and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) that is expected to cultivate comprehensive and sustained solutions for WIC Workforce Development. The joint agency initiative aims to strengthen the WIC workforce, with the goals of increasing: 1) WIC participation through reaching those populations that are eligible, but not enrolled and 2) WIC participants' likelihood of adopting nutrition education and breastfeeding support recommendations. WIC Workforce Implementation Projects will include approaches that will increase barriers to recruitment and retention of WIC Staff.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Eligibility includes: a) State Agricultural Experiment Station; b) colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges, 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (see NIFA's Hispanic Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities page); c) university research foundations; d) other research institutions and organizations; e) Federal agencies; f) national laboratories; g) private organizations or corporations; h) individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents; and i) any group consisting of two or more entities identified in a) through h). Eligible institutions do not include foreign or international organizations.
- Beneficiary eligibility
Individual/Family Other public institution/organization
- Uses of assistance
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, hereafter referred to as WIC, is administered by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and serves to safeguard the health of eligible women who are pregnant, postpartum, and/or breastfeeding, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement food purchases, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
In accordance with statutory time limits, project periods, including no-cost extensions of time, are not to exceed five (5) years. Further details are provided in the Award document Form NIFA-2009 and the This agreement is covered by the Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) as described on the NIFA webpage for terms and conditions (https://nifa.usda.gov/terms-and-conditions) including the NIFA specific terms and conditions dated Nov 2020 located at the following link: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/fedrtc/agencyspecifics/nifa_1120.pdf SPECIAL NOTE: Please refer to the Competitive Request for Applications (RFAs) for specific and pertinent details. The most current RFAs are available via: RFAs are generally released annually. Hence, the RFAs provide the most current and accurate information available. Any specific instructions in the Competitive RFAs supersede the general information provided in the CFDA database. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: NIFA utilizes the Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP), a secure, web-based electronic payment and information system that allows federal agencies to administer funds. Currently, ASAP is the only payment source for new NIFA grantees. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Pertinent details will be provided at a later date.
How to apply
- Award procedure
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- Time to approval or disapproval
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- Renewals
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- Appeals
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Grant opportunities
Grant awards
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regents Of The University Of Minnesota | $13,500,000 | 83% |
| 2 | District Of Columbia, Government Of | $2,000,000 | 12% |
| 3 | Cornell University | $1,000,000 | 6% |
| 4 | CHN Nebraska | $539,154 | 3% |
| 5 | Rochester Institute Of Technology | $192,118 | 1% |
5 of 6 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | -$13,735,549 |
| FY2024 | $29,365,790 |
| FY2023 | $634,210 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.244?
Assistance Listing 10.244 is Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development, a federal grant program run by National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development?
Its CFDA number is 10.244: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.244 awarded?
10 grant awards under 10.244 have obligated $16,264,451 in federal funds to 6 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.244?
The recipients obligated the most under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development are Regents Of The University Of Minnesota ($13,500,000), District Of Columbia, Government Of ($2,000,000) and Cornell University ($1,000,000).
Are there open grant opportunities under 10.244?
No opportunity listed under 10.244 is open now. The latest, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Workforce - Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center, was posted on May 21, 2024.
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