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Workforce Development Center
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Federal agencies obligated $395M to Workforce Development Center, Des Moines, IA, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $98M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($102M).
Workforce Development Center ranks 15 of 214 listed organisations located in IA by five-year obligations, and 1,808 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Labor and Department of Education: 36 awards worth $323M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $100,554,048 | under $1.0M | $100,554,048 | — |
| FY2024 | $94,180,148 | under $1.0M | $94,180,148 | -6% |
| FY2025 | $102,362,911 | under $1.0M | $102,362,911 | +9% |
| FY2026 | $98,024,991 | under $1.0M | $98,024,991 | -4% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in IA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $395M | $29B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $98M | $7.2B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $395M | $29B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,808 of 30,000 | 1 of 214 in IA | 1 |
Largest in state: IA Department of Human Services. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Labor | 28 | $175M | 54% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 8 | $148M | 46% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Polk County, IA $148M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States | $37M | 16 Oct 2024 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States | $36M | 24 Nov 2025 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States | $34M | 19 Oct 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.225 Unemployment Insurance | $29M | 31 Oct 2024 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 17.225 Unemployment Insurance | $29M | 26 Oct 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.225 Unemployment Insurance | $27M | 27 Oct 2022 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States | $18M | 10 Jul 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.421 Disability Innovation Fund (dif) | $14M | 9 Aug 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.207 Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities | $6.1M | 14 Aug 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.207 Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities | $6.0M | 1 Aug 2024 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.207 Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities | $6.0M | 18 Aug 2025 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 17.259 Wioa Youth Activities | $5.7M | 12 Jun 2023 | IA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $37M, Department of Education, 16 Oct 2024: STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)
- $36M, Department of Education, 24 Nov 2025: STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)
- $34M, Department of Education, 19 Oct 2023: STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)
- $29M, Department of Labor, 31 Oct 2024: PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE STA
- $29M, Department of Labor, 26 Oct 2023: PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE STA
- $27M, Department of Labor, 27 Oct 2022: AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE STA
- $18M, Department of Education, 10 Jul 2023: STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)
- $14M, Department of Education, 9 Aug 2023: DISABILITY INNOVATION FUND (DIF)/ SUBMINIMUM WAGE TO COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT (SWTCIE) INITIATIVE MODEL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Workforce Development Center receive?
$395M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $101M; FY2024: $94M; FY2025: $102M; FY2026: $98M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Workforce Development Center?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Labor ($175M) and Department of Education ($148M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126), Unemployment Insurance (17.225) and Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities (17.207).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: IA ($323M).
Is Workforce Development Center a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,808 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 15 of 214 located in IA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.