Federal grants to Disability Rights Iowa
Disability Rights Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa received $9.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 34 awards. Its largest program was Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, with $2.3 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $2.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$9.8 million
- Awards34
- Awarded in FY 2025$2.0 million
- Largest award$1.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 9 | $1.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 9 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 8 | $1.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 9 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 9 | $2.0 million |
Programs that fund Disability Rights Iowa
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | 5 | $2.3 million |
| Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | 7 | $2.2 million |
| Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | 4 | $1.9 million |
| Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights | 5 | $950,316 |
| Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems | 5 | $654,807 |
| State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services | 5 | $251,388 |
| ACL Assistive Technology State Grants for Protection and Advocacy | 2 | $100,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 24 | $5.5 million |
| Social Security Administration | 5 | $3.3 million |
| Department of Education | 5 | $950,316 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work incentives planning and assistance (WIPA) program | Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program | June 28, 2021 | $1.4 million |
| Disability rights Iowa - strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries rep payee | Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | July 25, 2023 | $819,273 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 6, 2024 | $473,700 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 9, 2023 | $473,700 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 7, 2022 | $473,700 |
| Disability rights Iowa - rep payee program | Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | July 23, 2021 | $472,393 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 19, 2021 | $450,000 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 15, 2020 | $428,000 |
| FY2025 (PADD) dd act state protection & advocacy systems - dd act state protection & advocacy systems | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | October 28, 2024 | $414,977 |
| FY2024 (PADD) dd act state protection & advocacy systems | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | October 27, 2023 | $414,977 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Disability Rights Iowa get?
$9.8 million in 34 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Disability Rights Iowa the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $5.5 million in 24 awards. The Social Security Administration and the Department of Education follow.
What is Disability Rights Iowa's largest federal grant?
$1.4 million under Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program, with its first action in the period on June 28, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Disability Rights Iowa?
Its largest are Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants and Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries.
Other grant recipients in Des Moines
- IA Department of Human Services
- Department of Education Iowa
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Department Management
- Economic Development Authority Iowa
- Department of Human Rights Iowa
- Workforce Development Center
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