District Of Columbia, Government Of

District Of Columbia, Government Of, Department Of Employment Services operates as a U.S. local government entity and federal grant recipient based in Washington, D.C., delivering workforce development, unemployment insurance administration, labor market information, occupational safety consultation, and veterans employment services to the U.S. Department of Labor and allied federal agencies. The department holds no federal contracts as a prime contractor and performs 100% of its federal work as a grant recipient, not competing for commercial contracts.

DOES functions as the designated state workforce agency for the District, administering formula grants under the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), and unemployment insurance programs. The department is a child entity of District Of Columbia, Government Of (Executive Office Of The Mayor), with administrative oversight in Washington, D.C. Recent federal grant work includes a $8.563 million Unemployment Insurance formula grant (CFDA 17.225) from the Employment and Training Administration awarded October 1, 2025, to administer the District's unemployment insurance program through December 31, 2028, covering administrative workload, claims processing capability, claimant systems operation, staffing, and overhead. DOES also received a $1.886 million Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser grant (CFDA 17.207) from the Employment and Training Administration effective July 1, 2025, funding universal access employment services including career assessments, job search workshops, and employer recruitment support. A $4.090 million WIOA Youth Activities formula grant (CFDA 17.259) awarded April 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027, supports comprehensive youth workforce services including tutoring, paid and unpaid work experiences, occupational skills training, and supportive services for low-income youth aged 14–24 with barriers to employment.

DOES customer base is heavily concentrated in Department of Labor programs. The Employment and Training Administration accounts for 139 awards (the largest share by count), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration carries 19 awards, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics holds 18 awards, collectively representing 88% of recent awards. DOES also holds a $1.127 million purchase order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (awarded July 13, 2026) for enterprise infrastructure network hardware and services supporting DCNET at CFPB headquarters, running through July 12, 2031 on a labor-hours basis, and a $175 thousand purchase order from the Department of the Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (awarded June 1, 2024) for summer interns under the High School Scholars Internship Program. Over the past five years, award volume has ranged from 12 to 18 annually, with nine grants reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in the WIOA, Employment Service, unemployment insurance, and occupational safety grant streams. DOES does not subaward grant funds across most of its workforce development portfolio; the recipient explicitly states it does not intend to subaward funds under unemployment insurance and does not subaward under JVSG, WOTC, or labor market information programs, though grantee discretion permits subawards under WIOA Adult, WIOA Dislocated Worker, WIOA Youth, Employment Service, and SCSEP programs where service delivery requires local partnerships or subrecipient capacity.