Cooperative Agreement 25A75MI000070

This Cooperative Agreement award of $10,160,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 Unemployment Insurance) supports the 2025 CESER Interstate Connection Network (ICON) project. The awardee, The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc. (doing business as Naswa Services), is a non-profit organization that specializes in providing technological solutions, technical assistance, and support services to federal and state...

This $21.7 million cooperative agreement between the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies/Center for Employment Security Education and Research will support the Unemployment Insurance program (CFDA 17.225) from April 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. NASWA/CESER will manage the Interstate Connection Network, a system facilitating data exchange between state workforce agencies. Key activities include maintaining...

This $9,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) program, funds the 2024 CESER UI Integrity Center project. The award recipient, The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc. (Naswa Services), will deliver a range of products and services to support unemployment insurance program integrity, data exchange, and technological innovation for federal and...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) was awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant will fund the development of an online platform to collect solar training resources, improve solar recruitment and outreach processes, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Technical Assistance and Training program (CFDA 17.281) provides $149,492 to The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc. (Naswa Services) to support critical initiatives for state workforce agencies. The key products and services to be delivered include: interstate data exchange, technical assistance, training,...

This $3,534,856 Cooperative Agreement award was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.008). The goal of this award is to establish a regional cybersecurity center to perform applied research and development, as well as curriculum and workforce development, in partnership with regional universities, energy utilities,...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,842,196.25 Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Program Grant (CFDA 17.225 - Unemployment Insurance) to the Workforce Development Center, doing business as Iowa Workforce Development, to operate reemployment services and eligibility assessment programs that assist individuals receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The grant funds will be used to provide UI recipients with...

This $1,826,301 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 - Unemployment Insurance) provides funding to the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services to operate Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) programs. The grant supports states in delivering evidence-based interventions and strategies that assist individuals receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits in returning to work more quickly. The key activities...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,484,847.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CFDA 81.008) program. The purpose of this project is to design, demonstrate, and validate cost-effective, scalable, and repeatable cyber-physical system (CPS) tools for diverse utility and energy systems configurations. The prime awardee is Texas...

This Project Grant award of $3,083,451.00 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 - Unemployment Insurance) is intended to provide the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) with funding to operate Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) programs. The RESEA programs assist individuals receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits by delivering reemployment services and referrals to other available workforce development programs...