Cooperative Agreement Award Summary

The Iowa National Guard, through the Iowa Department of Public Defense, received a $605,464.56 cooperative agreement award from the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401) effective October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. Under this non-discretionary, Congressionally directed funding mechanism, the awardee will provide operations and maintenance support services for Army National Guard facilities located in Iowa. These services encompass facility sustainment and restoration, environmental compliance and resource management, security operations, fire protection services, command and control communications infrastructure support, training systems, anti-terrorism programs, and administrative service support.

This cooperative agreement is representative of the National Guard Bureau's mandatory annual funding allocation to state governors and adjutants general across the 50 states and territories. The funding is provided on a 100 percent federal basis with no required state match, and the recipient is obligated to maintain detailed records of all costs and expenditures for three years following the cooperative agreement closeout. As a non-discretionary program, no competitive applications are accepted; rather, funding is allocated directly through negotiated cooperative agreements based on annual budget submissions from eligible state entities.