Federal contractor · DES MOINES, IA

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER received $2,400 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (0% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $45.7K. Its largest customer was Social Security Administration ($2,400). It also received $97.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2,400
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
STATE OF IOWA
Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.2KFY2017
  2. 7.2KFY2018
  3. 7.2KFY2020
  4. 7.3KFY2021
  5. 7.2KFY2022
  6. 2.4KFY2023
  7. 2.4KFY2024
  8. 2.4KFY2025
  9. 2.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Social Security Administration$2,400100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$2,400100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Polk County, IA$2,400100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $2,400
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $2,400
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. ACCESS TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FROM IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.$4,800
    Social Security Administration· Polk County, IA· Professional services· Sep 2, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026· 28321325C00060019

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.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER received $97.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 59 actions (19 new awards), −4.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States ($36.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$97.6M
New awards
19
Actions
59
Since FY2021
$479.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 23.2MFY2021
  2. 61.2MFY2022
  3. 100.6MFY2023
  4. 94.2MFY2024
  5. 102.4MFY2025
  6. 97.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$97.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$36.2M37%
  2. 17.225 · Unemployment Insurance$27.6M28%
  3. 17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities$6.5M6.6%
  4. 17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities$5.9M6.1%
  5. 17.278 · Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants$4.8M4.9%
  6. 84.002 · Adult Education - Basic Grants to States$4.8M4.9%
  7. 17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$3.5M3.5%
  8. 17.801 · Jobs for Veterans State Grants$2.5M2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$56.5M58%
    Department of Labor
  2. Department of Education$36.6M37%
  3. Veterans Employment and Training Services$2.5M2.5%
    Department of Labor
  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics$2.1M2.2%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)$36.2M
    84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Nov 24, 2025 – Mar 4, 2026· H126A260101
  2. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$29.5M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 31, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· 25A55UI000081
  3. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$29M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Dec 5, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 26A55UI000127
  4. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$17.4M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Oct 27, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· UI347152055A19
  5. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA YOUTH GRANTS IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS TO DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE…$14M
    17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jun 14, 2022 – Apr 15, 2026· AA385292255A19
  6. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (ES) PROGRAM IS TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYERS…$6.4M
    17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Aug 1, 2022 – Apr 17, 2026· ES387302255A19

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $15.2M (38 subawards)

21 sub-recipients

  1. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$3.7M24%
    WEST BURLINGTON, IA · 5 subawards
  2. NORTHEAST IOWA LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$2M13%
    MASON CITY, IA · 5 subawards
  3. EAST CENTRAL IOWA LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$1.7M11%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 5 subawards
  4. MID IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$1.5M9.7%
    WEST DES MOINES, IA · 3 subawards
  5. CENTRAL IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$1M6.7%
    ELDORA, IA · 2 subawards
  6. AARP FOUNDATION$965.3K6.4%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  7. DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$805.9K5.3%
    ANKENY, IA · 1 subaward
  8. EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$614.1K4.0%
    DAVENPORT, IA · 2 subawards
  9. KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$477.4K3.1%
    CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 1 subaward
  10. HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$320.2K2.1%
    WATERLOO, IA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $10.8M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. IA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$10.8M100%
    DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $9.1M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $7.4M paid out · $11.3M received
  • FY2026: $15.2M paid out · $10.8M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

24 companies · $31.6M reported

  1. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$7.9M
    WEST BURLINGTON, IA · 10 subawards
  2. NORTHEAST IOWA LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$4.6M
    MASON CITY, IA · 10 subawards
  3. EAST CENTRAL IOWA LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD$3.9M
    IOWA CITY, IA · 10 subawards

Primes that pay it

1 company · $23.3M reported

  1. IA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$23.3M
    DES MOINES, IA · 5 subawards

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.