Administer the state?s unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded the Oregon Department of Employment $43,473,636 on October 1, 2025, to administer the state's Unemployment Insurance program under CFDA 17.225.

The funding covers operational costs of Oregon's unemployment insurance administrative workload, including claims processing, claimant system operation, staffing levels, and overhead. The recipient will maintain or improve performance in the timeliness and quality of claims processing, effectively handle improper payments, and maintain or improve its ability to identify fraudulent claims and reduce improper payment rates. Intended beneficiaries are unemployment compensation claimants.

The period of performance runs through December 31, 2028, with work performed in Oregon. The recipient does not intend to subaward funds. This is a formula grant based on workload projections pursuant to economic assumptions and 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.