Opportunity Information: Apply for ETA UIPL 18 22
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines (ETA UIPL 18-22) is a mandatory federal grant guidance and funding notice issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA). Its main purpose is to inform state workforce agencies about the preliminary base administrative funding levels and the related staffing resource planning targets (often discussed in terms of staff years) that are available for operating their Unemployment Insurance programs in FY 2023. Rather than focusing on launching a new competitive program, this opportunity functions as a planning and administration directive that helps states understand what resources they can expect and how to organize those resources to meet federal UI performance and service expectations.
This opportunity is categorized as a grant and falls under the Employment, Labor and Training activity area, with CFDA number 17.225. The eligible applicants are state governments, reflecting that UI is a state-administered, federally supported program. The announcement anticipates awards to 53 entities, which aligns with the number of state and territorial UI agencies typically participating in UI administrative funding. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which generally signals that funding is determined by formula, statutory rules, or administrative allocation methods rather than a single competitive maximum award amount.
A central feature of the notice is that it announces the availability of "UI Base" preliminary dollars for FY 2023. In practical terms, UI base funds are the core administrative dollars states use to run day-to-day UI operations, such as processing claims, determining eligibility, handling adjudication issues, managing continued claims, operating call centers, maintaining benefit payment integrity activities, and supporting appeals and hearings infrastructure. Alongside dollars, ETA provides staff year planning targets, which are intended to guide states in projecting the staffing capacity needed to deliver UI services at acceptable levels. These targets are important because UI workload fluctuates with economic conditions, and staffing models often need to be justified and planned against expected volumes and performance requirements.
The notice also provides general guidelines for states as they plan and develop State Quality Service Plans (SQSPs). SQSPs are the primary planning documents states use to explain how they will administer UI and related employment services in a way that meets federal requirements, improves performance, and addresses identified program risks. By linking preliminary funding levels and staff year targets with SQSP guidance, the UIPL is essentially telling states: here is what you can reasonably plan around for base administrative capacity in FY 2023, and here is how to structure your planning narrative and operational commitments so they align with ETA expectations.
Administratively, the opportunity was created on September 22, 2022, with an original application closing date of October 13, 2022. Applications were required to be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The presence of an application deadline in a mandatory, state-focused UI context typically reflects the need for states to submit required planning or administrative paperwork on time (often tied to acceptance of funding, assurances, budgets, or plan components), even when funding is not awarded through a competitive scoring process.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as an ETA planning and resource-allocation communication for the UI system for FY 2023. It outlines preliminary baseline administrative resources and staffing targets and reinforces expectations for thoughtful, structured state planning through SQSP development. For state UI agencies, it serves as an official reference point for budgeting, workforce planning, and documenting how they will maintain service quality and program integrity using the federal administrative resources provided.Apply for ETA UIPL 18 22
- The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.225.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 22, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 13, 2022 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is October 13, 2022. Applications must be received no later than 400p.m. Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 53 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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