Recipient of federal assistance · LITTLE ROCK, AR

ARKANSAS DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES

ARKANSAS DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES received $40.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 45 actions, −53% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $639.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Employment and Training Administration ($41M).

Assistance · FY2026
$40.7M
New awards
15
Actions
45
Since FY2021
$639.9M
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Parent organization
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR
State and local governments
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 206.6MFY2021
  2. 138.4MFY2022
  3. 119.6MFY2023
  4. 47.6MFY2024
  5. 86.9MFY2025
  6. 40.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$40.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 17.225 · Unemployment Insurance$12.6M31%
  2. 84.002 · Adult Education - Basic Grants to States$6.3M15%
  3. 17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities$6.2M15%
  4. 17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$6M15%
  5. 17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities$5.5M14%
  6. 17.278 · Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants$4.1M10%
  7. 17.801 · Jobs for Veterans State Grants$1.5M3.8%
  8. 11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership$1.3M3.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$41M100%
    Department of Labor
  2. Veterans Employment and Training Services$1.5M3.8%
    Department of Labor
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.3M3.2%
    Department of Commerce
  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics$1M2.6%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. 2021 TANF$67.6M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 1, 2020 – Jun 25, 2026· 2101ARTANF
  2. 2023 TANF$59M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 18, 2022 – Jun 24, 2026· 2301ARTANF
  3. SEE NOTICE OF AWARD, ATTACHMENT 1 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ATTACHMENT D, STATEMENT OF WORK, ABSTRACT.$35.8M
    17.285 · Registered Apprenticeship· Employment and Training Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 27, 2025 – Jan 13, 2026· 25A75AP000171
  4. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$18.6M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 27, 2021 – Dec 8, 2025· UI372112255A5
  5. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$17.3M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Dec 8, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 26A55UI000157
  6. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA YOUTH GRANTS IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS TO DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE…$16.6M
    17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Jun 13, 2022 – Jan 14, 2026· AA385172255A5

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $12.8M (50 subawards)

10 sub-recipients

  1. SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INC.$2.2M17%
    PINE BLUFF, AR · 5 subawards
  2. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD-E$1.8M14%
    WEST MEMPHIS, AR · 5 subawards
  3. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC$1.6M12%
    HARRISON, AR · 5 subawards
  4. CENTRAL ARKANSAS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INC.$1.4M11%
    LONOKE, AR · 5 subawards
  5. WHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC$1.2M9.3%
    BATESVILLE, AR · 5 subawards
  6. WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCORPORATED$1.1M8.7%
    HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, AR · 5 subawards
  7. EAST ARKANSAS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT$1M8.0%
    JONESBORO, AR · 5 subawards
  8. SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC$907.3K7.1%
    MAGNOLIA, AR · 5 subawards
  9. LITTLE ROCK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$785K6.1%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 5 subawards
  10. WESTERN ARK PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DIST$774.9K6.1%
    FORT SMITH, AR · 5 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $138.6M paid out · $65.2K received
  • FY2022: $131.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $12M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $11.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $6.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $12.8M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.