U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Unemployment Insurance
Key facts
- Open now
- 1 grant
- Opening soon
- 1 grant
- Type of help
- Formula grant (amounts set by a formula), direct payment (any use)
- Typical award
- FY 2021, the minimum grant award was $2.017 million and the maximum grant award was $446 million. The average grant award was $62.208 million. FY 2022, the minimum grant award was $1.715 million and the maximum award...
How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.
The open grant below is for the governments the formula names. Most local groups apply through the state agency instead.
Open now
- Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines · Due Oct 30, 2026 · 22 days left
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Announced, but you can't apply yet. Get ready now.
- Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations · The funder's estimated date (Sep 26, 2024) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
Increasing the ability of individuals to maintain consistent financial security to meet current and future financial obligations.
Who can apply
U.S. Territories and possessions, state workforce agencies, including those in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) was passed on July 22, 2014. It supersedes titles I and II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and amends the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The law went into effect on July 1, 2015. Also, unless otherwise stipulated, recipients are subject to Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; Final Rule on December 26, 2013, and found at 2 CFR Part 200 along with the OMB approved exceptions for DOL at 2 CFR Part 2900 published on December 19, 2014, in the Federal Register.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
20 awards to Tennessee groups since 2019. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $247.9M spent that year | 2025 |
| 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 |
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 31 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Middle Tennessee Local Workforce Development Board, Inc. | Clarksville, Montgomery County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $259K | 2024 |
| Northern Middle Tennessee Local Workforce Development Board Inc. | Clarksville, Montgomery County | Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development | $230K spent that year | 2023 |
| East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $177K | 2024 |
| Greater Memphis Chamber | Memphis, Shelby County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $113K | 2024 |
| First Tennessee Development District | Johnson City, Washington County | TN Department of Labor | $98K spent that year | 2024 |
| Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $95K | 2024 |
| Upper Cumberland Local Workforce Development Board, Inc. | Cookeville, Putnam County | TN Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development | $89K spent that year | 2023 |
| First Tennessee Development District | Johnson City, Washington County | Tennessee Department of Labor | $82K spent that year | 2023 |
| First Tennessee Development District | Johnson City, Washington County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $78K | 2024 |
| South Central Tennessee Development Dist | Mt Pleasant, Maury County | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Dr | $77K | 2024 |
| Chattanooga Area Reg Council of Governments/Se TN Development District | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development and Hamilton County Workforce Innovation | $70K spent that year | 2024 |
| Northern Middle Tennessee Local Workforce Development Board, Inc. | Clarksville, Montgomery County | State of TN Dept of Labor | $61K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).