Indiana Department Of Workforce Development

Indiana Department Of Workforce Development Finance Division, a child division of the State of Indiana, operates as a federal grant recipient administering workforce development and employment services programs under multiple Department of Labor initiatives and related federal agencies. The organization receives formula grants and project grants (not contracts) from federal grantor agencies and competes exclusively in full-and-open grant competitions; it maintains a single small purchase order relationship with the Internal Revenue Service for workforce data access.

The Finance Division's federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated in grant administration rather than contract work. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration is the dominant funding source, issuing 193 awards across a portfolio spanning workforce programs: Unemployment Insurance administration (CFDA 17.225, $34.8 million awarded October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028, to operate the state's UI program including claims processing and fraud detection), WIOA Adult Activities (CFDA 17.261, serving low-income workers and dislocated workers with career services and training), WIOA Youth Activities (CFDA 17.259, $14.4 million formula grant awarded April 1, 2024, serving out-of-school and in-school youth aged 14–24 with tutoring, work experience, and occupational training), Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser activities (CFDA 17.207, $12.5 million formula grant for job matching and labor market information dissemination), and Registered Apprenticeship expansion (CFDA 17.285, $4.97 million project grant awarded July 1, 2025, supporting new apprenticeship programs in healthcare, IT, clean energy, manufacturing, and construction). The Finance Division also administers Senior Community Service Employment Program awards (CFDA 17.235, $2.24 million, providing subsidized part-time work for adults aged 55 and older), Jobs for Veterans State Grants (CFDA 17.801, $5.16 million formula grant serving disabled veterans, homeless veterans, and economically disadvantaged veterans through American Job Centers), and reemployment services and eligibility assessment grants supporting rapid return-to-work for UI claimants.

Outside the Department of Labor, the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management funds 28 AmeriCorps awards, including the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021, $800 thousand, October 1, 2026), AmeriCorps State and National formula programs, and AmeriCorps Commission Investment Fund activities (CFDA 94.008). The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education funds adult education and family literacy state grants (CFDA 84.002) in support of WIOA Title II programming. The Bureau of Labor Statistics funds labor force statistics cooperative agreements (CFDA 17.002, $1.36 million, October 1, 2025) for collection and publication of employment, unemployment, wage, and occupational data. The Veterans Employment and Training Service funds jobs for veterans initiatives. A small number of internal revenue service purchase orders (totaling $5.6 thousand across three years, 2022–2024) provide access to Indiana's wage and benefit information to support federal tax administration.

Recent activity runs steady at 17–25 awards per year; 22 awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunities in workforce administration, apprenticeship expansion, and AmeriCorps programming. The Finance Division sub-awards portions of its federal grants to local workforce development boards, community colleges, nonprofit organizations, and school districts to deliver direct services at the community level; it operates under standard 2 CFR 200 compliance requirements and does not compete for or hold federal contracts. All grant awards direct the Finance Division to maintain federal compliance records and financial documentation, with performance measurement tied to employment outcomes, participant placement rates, benefits processing timeliness, and program integrity metrics across the portfolio.