Upper DES Moines Opportunity Inc.

Upper DES Moines Opportunity Inc., a non-profit community action agency headquartered in Graettinger, Iowa, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on affordable housing, youth homelessness prevention, early childhood development, and low-income energy assistance, with 36% of recent awards as prime grants and 64% as sub-recipient awards routed through Iowa state agencies.

Upper DES Moines Opportunity Inc. delivers concrete social services including rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention, rental and housing acquisition support, weatherization and energy efficiency improvements for low-income households, case management and mental health treatment, job training and family self-sufficiency programs, and comprehensive early childhood education. The organization holds three active prime federal grants: a $851,894 Project Grant from HUD's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (CFDA 14.276), obligated March 1, 2026 and running through August 31, 2028, supporting coordinated community response to youth homelessness aged 24 and younger in Iowa through housing acquisition, rehabilitation, rental assistance, and supportive services; a $1,591,339 HUD Continuum of Care Program grant (CFDA 14.267) awarded February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2027 for rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention; and a Head Start and Early Head Start Project Grant from the Office of Head Start, awarded March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2029. As a sub-recipient, the organization participates in federal flow-through programs including the Weatherization Assistance Program (including Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act supplemental funding), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (crisis intervention payments and client services), Iowa Community Services Block Grant, Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation Program, Family Development and Self-Sufficiency programs, and HOME ARP services, with sub-awards flowing through the Department of Human Rights Iowa, Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa Department of Public Health, and Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department.

The organization's customer base concentrates within HHS Administration for Children and Families (24 awards), the Department of Energy (8 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (3 awards), accounting for 76% of recent awards. The 59 total awards tracked in the source span 1997 to May 2026, with combined dollars obligated at $205.6 million across thirteen distinct federal agencies. Activity has remained steady at four to eleven awards annually over the past five years (2022 through 2026), with the most recent sub-award dated May 7, 2026. The organization does not hold federal contracts or IDVs and operates exclusively in the grant space as either prime recipient or sub-recipient, with no private-sector competitive posture or contracting vehicles.