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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$835,366,798

Department of Agriculture·Food and Nutrition Service

to PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

social-servicesexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_257CACA7W1006_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

Latest obligation under California's WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) nutrition program, which began in October 2024.

Sub-sectors
wic-nutritionformula-grant-entitlementfood-assistance
Why this matters

WIC serves ~1.2M low-income mothers and young children in California; this ongoing entitlement ensures continuous food assistance access.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for infant formula, dairy, produce, and protein suppliers contracted through state WIC vendor networks.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002843.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired273 days ago
Sources

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