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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$171,107,921

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

ACTION DATE2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_251PR706W1006_012
Award description

WIC FOOD EXPENSE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds food expenses for the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico.

Sub-sectors
snap-wicnutrition-assistancepuerto-rico-entitlement
Why this matters

WIC is a critical federal entitlement supporting maternal and child nutrition in a U.S. territory with high poverty rates.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for approved food suppliers and retailers participating in WIC in Puerto Rico's food distribution network.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002056.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired228 days ago
Sources

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