$79,567,524
Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service
to ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WORK BEGAN2024-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_255AL700W1006_012
Award description
WIC FOOD EXPENSE
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
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In plain English
Funds Alabama's administration of WIC food benefits for low-income pregnant women, infants, and children.
Sub-sectors
wic-nutritionformula-grant-entitlementstate-administration
Why this matters
WIC is a foundational nutrition safety net serving 6+ million Americans; this obligation sustains ongoing state operations.
Supply-chain signal
Drives demand for authorized WIC-eligible foods (infant formula, produce, dairy, grains) through retail networks in Alabama.
Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-01. Cost: $0.002761.
Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired286 days ago
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- 2026-04-20STRENGTHENING THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS. - PURPOSES; THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (ADPH) IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO ADDRESS GAPS IN THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE UNFUNDED BY CATEGORIAL FEDERAL FUNDS. ADPH CONTINUES TO SEE HIGH TURNOVER AND LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, TRAIN, AND DEVELOP STAFF IN CRITICAL POSITIONS. ALSO, WITH POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS IN DATA MODERNIZATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE EXPANDED, IMPROVED, AND ACCELERATED, AND IN TURN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS INCLUDING COVID-19 WILL BE BETTER ADDRESSED. THE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT WILL IMPROVE DATA AWARENESS, DATA AVAILABILITY, AND SHARED SERVICES WHILE REDUCING SILOED INFORMATION, CATEGORICAL SYSTEMS, OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY, AND PROVIDER REPORTING BURDEN. OUTCOMES; AN INVESTMENT IN BOLSTERING HIRING EFFICIENCY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS CAN HELP ASSURE SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM RESULTS IN THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND DEMONSTRATE CONTINUOUS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON LIFE-LONG LEARNING. KEY OUTCOMES INCLUDE INCREASED HIRING OF DIVERSE STAFF AND INCREASED SIZE AND CAPABILITIES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE AND STRENGTHENED PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ALABAMA. OTHER KEY OUTCOMES INCLUDE A MORE MODERN AND EFFICIENT DATA ENVIRONMENT AND INCREASED AVAILABILITY AND USE OF PUBLIC HEALTH DATA.$73.0M
- 2026-04-17WIC FOOD EXPENSE$66.3M
Sources
- USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
- SAM.gov entity registration →
- Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_255AL700W1006_012.
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