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Employment and Training Administration · Department of Labor

Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines

Open · Opportunity ETA-UIPL-15-26 · Assistance Listing 17.225

Key facts

Deadline
Due Oct 30, 2026 · 24 days left
Award size
$1.9M – $457.7M
Total available
$2632M · about 53 awards
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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About this grant

This UIPL is to provide states with information about preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states. Questions regarding this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) may be emailed to Rahel Bizuayene (bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov).

Eligibility (from the notice)

States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and the Virgin Islands.

Who in Tennessee has won this program

18 awards to Tennessee recipients in 1 county since federal FY2023. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee recipients
RecipientWhereAmountFY
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$62.8M2020
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$41.7M2021
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$39.8M2025
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$38.7M2020
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$36.3M2024
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$33.9M2022
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.7M2021
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.6M2023
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.6M2020
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.5M2021
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.3M2024
Tn Department Of Labor & Workforce DrNashville, Davidson County$3.3M2022

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.

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