Administer the state?S unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded the District of Columbia Government's Department of Employment Services $8.563 million on October 1, 2025, under the Unemployment Insurance formula grant program (CFDA 17.225) to administer the District's unemployment insurance program activities through December 31, 2028.

Funding supports operational costs of the unemployment insurance program, including administrative workload, claims processing capability, operation of claimant systems, staffing levels, and overhead costs. The District expects to maintain or improve performance in timeliness and quality of unemployment insurance claims processing, effective handling of improper payments, and identification and reduction of fraudulent claims. Unemployment compensation claimants are the intended beneficiaries.

Place of performance is Washington, DC. The recipient does not intend to subaward funds. The award is structured as an annual base grant for program operations with quarterly adjustments based on actual workload, financed through letter of credit draw downs.

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.