Denton County's WIC office, which serves pregnant and new mothers, infants and children under 5 across the county, would receive $2,933,280 from the state for the year that began Oct. 1 under a revised award going to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The money comes from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and requires no county funds or match, according to a summary from the county budget office. It pays for 32 positions. The county has run the federally funded program for more than 46 years, the summary says.
Where the money goes
Most of the award, an estimated $2,453,960, is general administrative funding. The state pays it monthly by formula, at $15.26 per participant plus any incentives the office earns, so the final amount depends on how many people the clinics serve.
The rest is set aside for specific projects listed in the state's Oct. 16 notice:
- $265,000 for breastfeeding peer counselors
- $80,000 for registered dietitians
- $37,000 for obesity prevention
- $33,000 for a breastfeeding initiative
- $30,000 for lactation services
- $9,700 for improving the participant experience
- $4,720 for internet service, $4,000 for nutrition education and $15,900 in other costs
The original award for this year was $2,923,580. Last year's revised award was $2,893,245, and the year before it was $2,958,075.
