Employment and Training Administration · Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Key facts
- Deadline
- Forecast — the expected date (Sep 26, 2024) has passed; watch for the official notice
- Award size
- Up to $9M
- Cost share / match ?
- Not required
- Who can apply
- Other (see eligibility)
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 18
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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/85cfae9e-d222-469b-b791-a4271fd26b29 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/6abb176a-9f66-4c43-a9ea-bca367a43ddc
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About this grant
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.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research
Who in Tennessee has won this program
18 awards to Tennessee recipients in 1 county since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $62.8M | 2020 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $41.7M | 2021 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $39.8M | 2025 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $38.7M | 2020 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $36.3M | 2024 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $33.9M | 2022 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.7M | 2021 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.6M | 2023 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.6M | 2020 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.5M | 2021 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.3M | 2024 |
| Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce Dr | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.3M | 2022 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (17.225)
Unemployment Insurance — UI
How applications are judged
Not Applicable.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.