Closed · USDA-FNA-WIC-INFR-2026 · CFDA 10.578 · Discretionary

FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Nutrition Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$3M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 13, 2026
Close date
30
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Nutrition Service that offered $1 -- $3,000,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 232 other opportunities from Food and Nutrition Service.

$1-$3M
award range
Closed
application status
30
expected awards
10.578
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 13, 2026. CFDA 10.578 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1 -- $3,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 13, 2026

Posted Jun 10 Closes Jul 13

Est. Total Funding

$24,000,000

Expected Awards

30

Instrument

Grant

Description

FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grants must be used for one or more of the three objectives identified below. Proposals may contain more than one objective. Please see the Request for Applications under the "Related Documents" tab for additional information on these objectives and other grant requirements. Applicants must clearly identify in their proposal which of the objective(s) they have selected.Consortia may only apply for objective 3.Objective #1: Promoting Program Integrity to Minimize Waste, Fraud, and AbuseState agencies will implement policy, process, and/or technology improvements in the WIC Program that ensure taxpayer dollars are used for their intended purpose and serve as many eligible women, infants, and children as possible.Objective #2: Creating Opportunities to Connect America’s Farmers to WICState agencies will make technological improvements necessary to allow WIC Cash Value Benefit to be redeemed at farmers markets. All activities and costs are allowable for the WIC program only. Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) activities and costs are not allowed to be paid for with WIC funds, including this funding opportunity and the WIC General Infrastructure funds.Objective #3: Developing and Implementing Modernized TechnologyState agencies will update WIC MIS and/or WIC Electronic Benefits Transfer(EBT) systems to ensure data accuracy and system compliance and/or implementing digital services that ensure that the State agency runs an efficient WIC program.

Public-sector applicant lane · Food and Nutrition Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Agriculture · Food and Nutrition (AG;FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Food and Nutrition Service book (92 peers, 39% of 233).

Code 00
State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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