Federal contractor · LONG BEACH, CA

WORKING ALTERNATIVES, INC.

WORKING ALTERNATIVES, INC. received $8.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $81.2M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($8.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.5M
New awards
9
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7MFY2017
  2. 4.7MFY2018
  3. 6.2MFY2019
  4. 6.9MFY2020
  5. 9.2MFY2021
  6. 8.8MFY2022
  7. 10.7MFY2023
  8. 9.2MFY2024
  9. 10.1MFY2025
  10. 8.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$8.5M100%
    9 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$8.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$7.8M93%
  2. Orange County, CA$625.6K7.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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. 15BRRC19D00000210 BRAWLEY, CA. FOR RESIDENTIAL REENTRY SERVICES AND HOME CONFINEMENT SERVICES. OY6$3M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Dec 1, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000026
  2. RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER AND HOME CONFINEMENT SERVICES IN THE BRAWLEY, CA AREA. OY5$2.9M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Nov 7, 2024 – Jun 5, 2026· 15BRRC25F00000048
  3. TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER SERVICES IN THE GARDEN GROVE CITY AREA, WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. HOME CONFINEMENT RADIUS WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE RRC FACILITY. OY1 FY26 FUNDING$2.6M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Apr 10, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000218
  4. FLAGSTAFF, AZ. FOR RESIDENTIAL RE-ENTRY AND HOME CONFINEMENT SERVICES. OY5 REA MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. FY25 FUNDS.$2.5M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Feb 13, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· 15BRRC25F00000213
  5. FLAGSTAFF, AZ. FOR RESIDENTIAL RE-ENTRY AND HOME CONFINEMENT SERVICES. OY6 FY26 TO$2.2M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Dec 9, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000073
  6. TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER SERVICES IN THE GARDEN GROVE CITY AREA, WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. HOME CONFINEMENT RADIUS WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE RRC FACILITY. FY25 FUNDING.$2.2M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Mar 1, 2025 – May 28, 2026· 15BRRC25F00000245
  7. TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER SERVICES IN THE GARDEN GROVE CITY AREA, WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. BASE YEAR$1.5M
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Dec 1, 2025 – Apr 29, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000043
  8. FLAGSTAFF, AZ. FOR RESIDENTIAL RE-ENTRY AND HOME CONFINEMENT SERVICES. OY5 TO (10.1.25-10.30.25)$255.7K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Education & social services· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000161

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DISMAS HOUSE OF ST. LOUIS$28.1M+15% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other residential care facilities
  2. CITY OF FAITH PRISON MINISTRIES$29.1M+6.4% in FY2026
    MONROE, LA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other residential care facilities
  3. CHERRY STREET SERVICES INC$28.2M+15% in FY2026
    GRAND RAPIDS, MI · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other residential care facilities

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.