Administer the state?s unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded $46.809 million to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development in Massachusetts on October 1, 2025, under the Unemployment Insurance formula grant program (CFDA 17.225) to fund the state's unemployment insurance administrative operations through December 31, 2028.

The award funds the costs of operating Massachusetts's unemployment insurance program, including administrative workload, claims processing, operation of claimant systems, staffing levels, and overhead costs. Expected outcomes include maintaining or improving the timeliness and quality of unemployment insurance claims processing, effectively handling improper payments, and identifying fraudulent claims to reduce improper payment rates. Unemployment compensation claimants are the intended beneficiaries of this funding.

Performance of this award takes place in Massachusetts. The recipient does not intend to subaward funds to sub-recipients. Under the Unemployment Insurance program, funding is determined by workload formula based on state Quality Service Plans and nationally developed workload estimates; base operating grants are supplemented with additional quarterly funding based on actual workloads.

Purpose

The purpose of this grant is to administer the state?s unemployment insurance program activities.

Activities

Funding provided to the state is for costs incurred for the operation of their unemployment insurance program. This includes the state?s unemployment insurance administrative workload and their ability to process claims. This also includes the operation of the state?s claimant systems as well as staffing levels and overhead costs.

Expected outcomes

The state is able to maintain or improve levels of performance regarding the timeliness and quality of processing unemployment insurance claims, as well as effectively handling improper payments. The state?s ability to identify fraudulent claims and reduce improper payment rates is maintained or improved.

Intended beneficiaries

Unemployment compensation claimants.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.