Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Georgia Department of Labor received a $16.4 million formula grant from the Employment and Training Administration effective October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028, under the Unemployment Insurance program (CFDA 17.225). This funding supports the state's administration of its unemployment insurance program, including claims processing operations, claimant system maintenance, and staffing and overhead costs necessary to manage the state's unemployment compensation workload. The grant enables Georgia to maintain and improve performance levels in the timeliness and quality of claims processing while effectively identifying and reducing improper and fraudulent payments.

The state intends to retain direct operational control of these funds without subawards, utilizing the grant to sustain critical unemployment insurance administrative capacity and program integrity functions that serve unemployment compensation claimants throughout Georgia. Formula grant allocations under the Unemployment Insurance program are calculated based on nationally developed workload estimates and state quality service plans submitted to the ETA regional office, with funding designed to support core state workforce agency operations in administering federal-state unemployment compensation programs.