ForecastedResearch announcementOpportunity ETA-UI-2024-01

Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations

Employment and Training Administration · Department of Labor

At a glance

Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Employment and Training Administration (Department of Labor). The agency's forecast estimates an application due date of September 26, 2024; forecast dates can change. Individual awards are listed as up to $9M, with about 1 award expected. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 17.225 (Unemployment Insurance).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Sep 12, 2024Forecast posted
Sep 12, 2024 (est.)Full notice expected
Sep 26, 2024 (est.)Application deadline

Posted: Sep 12, 2024
Est. close date: Sep 26, 2024
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $9,000,000
Est. total funding: Not specified
Expected awards: 1
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Mandatory
Fiscal year: FY2024

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to award a cooperative agreement to the Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for continued operations of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center of Excellence (Integrity Center).

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence… .” as part of the Department’s appropriation for State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations. The UI Integrity Center has been operated by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ (NASWA)/CESER since Fiscal Year 2017. CESER is a 501(c)(3) entity incorporated in August 1994 as an education and research arm of the NASWA, which is a national organization of state administrators of the publicly-funded state workforce system and is a leading provider of information technology, education, and research support focused exclusively on UI and workforce development initiatives and activities.

The primary mission of the UI Integrity Center is to provide training and technical assistance to states to improve UI program integrity; develop and disseminate UI program integrity resources and promote innovative new tools and products that are transferable and scalable for all states to prevent UI improper payments and enhance fraud prevention solutions; and enable rapid alerts to states on new improper payment practices and fraud schemes as they are identified.

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Watch for the full noticeThe agency estimates posting it around September 12, 2024. Save this grant to track changes.
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyJeannette Flowers · Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov Open ↗
Submit before September 26, 2024Submit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

17.225Unemployment InsuranceProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 17.225

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$40.6B

FY25

$41.8B

FY26

$44.5B est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 17.225. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Jeannette Flowers
Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov
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Quick answers

Is “Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations” open for applications yet?

Not yet. It is a forecast — an agency's advance notice of an expected opportunity. The agency estimates posting the full notice around September 12, 2024. Forecast details and dates can change.

Who is eligible to apply for “Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $9m and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for “Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity ETA-UI-2024-01), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 17.225