Formula Grant 26A55UI000127
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Iowa Workforce Development a Formula Grant totaling $5,953,674 under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207), effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This universal access program delivers comprehensive employment services to job seekers and employers throughout Iowa, including career assessments, career guidance, job search workshops, labor...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Iowa Workforce Development received a Formula Grant award of $435,283 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207), effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds the development and dissemination of essential state and local labor market information (LMI) to support informed decision-making across multiple customer groups,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded Iowa Workforce Development a WIOA Youth Activities (CFDA 17.259) formula grant in the amount of $4.73 million, effective April 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This grant provides funding to deliver comprehensive workforce development services to out-of-school and in-school youth aged 14–24 who face barriers to employment. Core services include tutoring, alternative secondary education,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Workforce Development Center (doing business as Iowa Workforce Development) received a $4.68 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, supports the development and implementation of innovative workforce...
- This is a $441,356 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207). The purpose of this grant is to develop and disseminate essential state and local labor market information (LMI) for a range of customer groups, including job seekers, employers, workforce and career counselors, education and training providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders. The key...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has awarded a $161,322 Project Grant under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) program to the Workforce Development Center's Financial Management Division, doing business as Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), a state government entity. The purpose of this grant is to provide Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits to individuals who are unemployed workers or self-employed individuals as a direct result of a...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Iowa Workforce Development (Workforce Development Center) a formula grant of $3.95M under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Program (CFDA 17.258) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This award supports comprehensive employment and training services delivered through the American Job Center network (one-stop centers) to unemployed and underemployed adults in Iowa, with priority...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has awarded a $240,000 Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) Formula Grant to the Iowa Workforce Development agency. The purpose of this grant is to provide Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) benefits to individuals who have exhausted unemployment compensation and lost their jobs due to foreign trade impacts, as...
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The Employment and Training Administration, through the Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, awarded Iowa's Department of Education $28.8 million in formula grant funding under the Career and Technical Education – Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048) effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports the development and delivery of comprehensive career and technical education (CTE) programs...
- WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grant Award Summary The Employment and Training Administration awarded Iowa Workforce Development (doing business as the Workforce Development Center) $5,856,932 in formula grant funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker program (CFDA 17.278) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This award supports comprehensive employment and training services for individuals who have experienced job loss due to layoffs, mass...
The Employment and Training Administration awarded a Formula Grant totaling $18.2 million to the Iowa Workforce Development Center under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) program, effective October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028. This award funds the operational costs of Iowa's unemployment insurance program, including administrative workload management, claims processing infrastructure, claimant system operations, staffing, and overhead expenses. The grant supports the state's ability to maintain and improve performance metrics related to the timeliness and quality of unemployment insurance claim processing, fraud detection, and improper payment reduction. The primary beneficiaries of this funding are unemployment compensation claimants in Iowa. The award is structured as a formula-based grant with no planned sub-awards, meaning the recipient will directly manage all grant activities. Performance outcomes focus on enhancing the state's operational efficiency in processing claims, identifying fraudulent submissions, and reducing improper payment rates. Funding is disbursed on a combination of base operations funding and quarterly adjustments based on actual workload demand, consistent with the Unemployment Insurance program's standard financing methodology.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.3m | 1/30/26 | ||
| Not listed | $7.9m | 12/5/25 | ||
| Not listed | $7.9m | 12/5/25 |