Assistance Listing 10.557
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · Food and Nutrition Service
Assistance Listing 10.557, “WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children,” is a federal program administered by AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF. It provides cooperative agreement and grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $7.48B in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
- Likely formula or pass-through fundingThis program obligates substantial funding but has no competitive notices in our Grants.gov records. Funds like these are often distributed by formula or through state agencies — contact your state's administering agency about sub-awards. calculated by GrantsJunction
Program objective
To provide income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are determined to be at nutritional risk with supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services at no cost. WIC also promotes and supports breastfeeding as the feeding method of choice for infants, provides substance abuse education and promotes immunization and other aspects of healthy living. For Formula Grants, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) makes funds available to participating State health agencies and Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) that, in turn, distribute the funds to participating local agencies. State and local agencies use WIC funds to pay the costs of specified supplemental foods provided to WIC participants, and to pay for specified nutrition services and administration (NSA) costs, including the cost of nutrition assessments, blood tests for anemia, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and health care referrals. For Project Grants, FNS makes funding available to carry out WIC outreach, innovation, and program modernization efforts to increase participation and redemption of benefits. Projects may focus on reducing disparities in program delivery, improving WIC service delivery, improving the WIC shopping experience, and increasing awareness of the Program’s benefits and services.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Current opportunities under 10.557
No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.
Eligible applicants (program level)
- Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
- Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
- Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government
- Nonprofit Organization
A local agency is eligible to apply to deliver locally the services of the WIC Program, provided that: (1) it serves a population of low-income women, infants, and children at nutritional risk; and (2) it is a public or private nonprofit health or human service agency. All local agencies must apply through the responsible State, Indian Tribal Organization or U.S. Territory agency. Project grants may be available to a WIC State agency, businesses, small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, institutions of higher education and for profit organizations other than small businesses, public and State controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. All applications must be submitted via the Grants.gov portal.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Reported obligations by fiscal year
Historical data · not a predictionRange and average of financial assistance (from the listing): For FY 2024, FNS approved the operation of the WIC Program in 89 State agencies. This figure includes 50 States, the District of Columbia, 33 Indian Tribal Organizations, and five U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). State agency total food and NSA grants ranged from $134,313 to $1,193,696,081. During FY 2023, an average of 6,575,976 women, infants and children received WIC benefits every month. Although food package costs varied widely among State agencies, the monthly average food package cost for FY 2023 was approximately $56.07 per person.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 10.557. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.Frequently asked questions
What is ALN 10.557?
10.557 is the Assistance Listing Number for “WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
Who can apply under ALN 10.557?
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government, Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government and Nonprofit Organization. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
How much funding does 10.557 provide?
The agency reported $7,476,069,317 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.