USDA-FNA-WIC-INFR-2026 FY 2026 WIC Infrastructure Grant

FNS intends to award up to $5 million in grants to eligible entities and each applicant may apply for between $20,000 to $2 million in funding. Eligible entities include State agencies administering SNAP; State or local governments; agencies providing health or welfare services; public health or educational entities; or private nonprofit entities, such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations. Unless the applicant is a State agency submitting an application on its own, a letter of commitment or letter of endorsement from the relevant State SNAP agency must be included in the application package to be considered for funding. Throughout this Request for Applications (RFA), the term “State agencies” refers to the agencies of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Guam that administer SNAP. These awards are contingent upon the availability of funds. Additional Info: Objective Areas 1. Modernize SNAP customer service and client communication to improve efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in application processing and eligibility determinations, including by using technology to improve the customer experience and allow households to manage their cases. 2. Improve administrative infrastructure and day-to-day SNAP operations in processing applications and determining eligibility, including by employing technology to improve service levels, and accurate and timely case processing, as required by law. 3. Invest in technology and systems to coordinate application and eligibility determination processes, including verification practices, between SNAP and other Federal, State, and local assistance programs.

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 Abuse State 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 WIC State 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 Technology State 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.