State checkbook

Health and Human Services

What this part of state government paid out, by kind of spending and by the organizations paid.1 What the agency does

$395.8M
paid out, FY27 so far (through September 30, 2026)
$46.3M
of it to individuals and others, unnamed (12%)2
$1.78B
more in transfers between state accounts3

Year by year

Payments by fiscal year, not counting transfers.

$4.65B
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YearPaidIndividuals and othersTransfers
FY27 so far$395.8M$46.3M$1.78B
FY26$4.65B$259.4M$6.93B
FY25$720.4M$128.5M$5.4M

Kinds of spending

KindFY25FY26FY27 so far
Aid to Individuals$49.4M$3.87B$297.8M
Outside Services$300.7M$411.0M$37.9M
State Aid$221.5M$62.5M$13.4M
Prof & Scientific Services$29.3M$181.2M$23.3M
IT Outside Services$26.7M$29.6M$10.3M
IT Equipment & Software$25.8M$31.1M$5.6M
Drugs & Biologicals$18.0M$15.7M$945K
Other Supplies$8.7M$8.9M$2.2M
Refunds-Other$8.8M$9.4M$97K
Advertising & Publicity$9.7M$6.3M$281K
Utilities$3.2M$3.0M$537K
Outside Repairs/service$4.1M$2.1M$323K
In State Travel$2.4M$2.7M$417K
Rentals$2.1M$2.2M$510K
Reimbursements to Other Agency$2.1M$2.1M$6,367

The 15 biggest of 38 kinds.

Organizations paid the most, FY27 so far

  1. Dept Human Services-Non-Mco Expenditures$92.8M 23%
  2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-Medicare Related Payments$70.3M 18%
  3. Dept Human Services-Hawki Program Expenditures (mco)$42.6M 11%
  4. Dept Human Services-Mchip Expenditures$20.9M 5%
  5. State of Iowa Idph-Wic$12.1M 3%
  6. Deloitte Consulting LLP$8.5M 2%
  7. Accenture LLP$5.1M 1%
  8. Families First Counseling Service of Iowa LLC$4.1M 1%
  9. On With Life Foundation$4.0M 1%
  10. University of Iowa$4.0M 1%
  11. Four Oaks Family and Childrens Services$3.8M 1%
  12. Dept Human Services-Behavioral Health System Services$3.8M 1%
  13. Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center$3.1M 1%
  14. Belmond Community Hospital$2.7M 1%
  15. Carahsoft Technology Corporation$2.3M 1%
  16. Dept Human Services-Disability Services$2.3M 1%
  17. Polk County$2.0M 1%
  18. Woodward Youth Corporation$2.0M 1%
  19. Converge Health Iowa$1.7M 0%
  20. Kuehg Corp$1.6M 0%

Organizations paid the most, all years

  1. Dept Human Services-Directed Payments$2.09B
  2. Dept Human Services-Non-Mco Expenditures$740.8M
  3. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-Medicare Related Payments$433.0M
  4. Dept Human Services-Hawki Program Expenditures (mco)$219.9M
  5. Dept Human Services-Mchip Expenditures$118.4M
  6. State of Iowa Idph-Wic$116.4M
  7. Dept Human Services-Withhold Payments$110.3M
  8. Iowa Primary Care Association$101.2M
  9. University of Iowa$64.9M
  10. Polk County$64.1M
  11. Four Oaks Family and Childrens Services$36.9M
  12. Mental Health Disability Services of the East$35.8M
  13. Cardinal Health 110 Inc$31.7M
  14. Accenture LLP$31.0M
  15. Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center$30.7M

Payments to individuals and others

One total each year for payees not named here. The last column also counts transfers and other entries the state lists under RESTRICTED payees.4

YearIndividuals and othersShareListed as RESTRICTED
FY27 so far$46.3M12%$18.8M
FY26$259.4M6%$77.9M
FY25$128.5M18%$272K