Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBIA, SC

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT & WORKFORCE

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT & WORKFORCE received $76.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 36 actions, +28% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $434.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Employment and Training Administration ($72.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$76.4M
New awards
14
Actions
36
Since FY2021
$434.2M
UEI
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Parent organization
SC SECRETARY OF STATE S OFFICE
Location
COLUMBIA, SC
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. 126.1MFY2021
  2. 71.8MFY2022
  3. 29.8MFY2023
  4. 70.3MFY2024
  5. 59.8MFY2025
  6. 76.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$76.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 17.225 · Unemployment Insurance$28.3M37%
  2. 17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities$13.3M17%
  3. 17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$10.3M13%
  4. 17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities$10.1M13%
  5. 17.278 · Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants$9.3M12%
  6. 17.801 · Jobs for Veterans State Grants$3M3.9%
  7. 17.002 · Labor Force Statistics$953.3K1.2%
  8. 17.245 · Trade Adjustment Assistance$581.3K0.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$72.5M95%
    Department of Labor
  2. Veterans Employment and Training Services$3M3.9%
    Department of Labor
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics$953.3K1.2%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$30.5M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Dec 8, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 26A55UI000141
  2. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$29.8M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Nov 1, 2024 – Nov 21, 2025· 25A55UI000121
  3. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA YOUTH GRANTS IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS TO DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE…$29.2M
    17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jun 14, 2022 – May 12, 2026· AA385552255A45
  4. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$27.2M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 27, 2021 – Nov 21, 2025· UI372492255A45
  5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA YOUTH GRANTS IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS TO DELIVER…$13.3M
    17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· 26A55AY000218
  6. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA ADULT GRANTS IS TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS AND HELP EMPLOYERS MEET THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS. THE WIOA ADULT PROGRAM…$9.8M
    17.258 · Wioa Adult Program· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Jul 25, 2025 – Oct 10, 2025· 25A55AT000125

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: $31.4M (89 subawards)

12 sub-recipients

  1. CENTRAL MIDLANDS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$4.2M14%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 6 subawards
  2. BCD COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT$3.6M11%
    NORTH CHARLESTON, SC · 7 subawards
  3. WACCAMAW REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$3.3M10%
    GEORGETOWN, SC · 9 subawards
  4. PEE DEE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$2.9M9.1%
    FLORENCE, SC · 8 subawards
  5. SPARTANBURG, COUNTY OF$2.8M9.0%
    SPARTANBURG, SC · 9 subawards
  6. LOWER SAVANNAH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$2.7M8.7%
    AIKEN, SC · 7 subawards
  7. CATAWBA REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$2.5M8.1%
    ROCK HILL, SC · 8 subawards
  8. COUNTY OF GREENVILLE$2.4M7.8%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 7 subawards
  9. SOUTH CAROLINA APPALACHIAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$2M6.4%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 7 subawards
  10. UPPER SAVANNAH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS$1.8M5.9%
    GREENWOOD, SC · 7 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$1M100%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $105.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $94.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $54M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $21M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $25.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $31.4M paid out · $1M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.