Administer the state?S unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded the State of Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation $47.231 million on October 1, 2025, under the Unemployment Insurance program (CFDA 17.225) to administer Maryland's unemployment insurance program activities.

The funding covers operational costs of the state's unemployment insurance program, including administrative workload, claims processing capability, operation of claimant systems, staffing levels, and overhead costs. The state is expected to maintain or improve performance in timeliness and quality of claims processing, handle improper payments effectively, and identify fraudulent claims while reducing improper payment rates. Unemployment compensation claimants are the intended beneficiaries.

The award runs through December 31, 2028, with place of performance in Maryland. The recipient does not intend to subaward funds. As a formula grant, funding is based on workload projections pursuant to nationally developed workload estimates, 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.