Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Agency: Employment and Training Administration
Assistance Listings
- 17.225 -- Unemployment Insurance
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
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).
This sole source award is statutorily mandated in ETA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriation. The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 115-245) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence…” The accompanying congressional explanatory statement further states that, “The conferees include $9,000,000 for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence (UIICE). The conferees provide $6,000,000 for the benefit of States to the entity operating the UIICE”
The primary mission of the Integrity Center is to provide training and technical assistance to states to improve UI program integrity; develop, disseminate, 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
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research
Grantor contact information
Description
Jeannette Flowers
Grants Management Specialist
Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov
Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI.pdf | ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI | Jul 12, 2019 03:55 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Archived: August 25, 2019
Award
$6,000,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$6,000,000
Award Minimum
$6,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Other
Opportunity Category Explanation:
This is a Notice of Intent and not a request for applications.
Category of Funding Activity:
Employment labor and training
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
July 12, 2019
Archive date:
August 25, 2019
