Administer the state?S unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded Job Service North Dakota $6.221 million under the Unemployment Insurance program (CFDA 17.225) on October 1, 2025, to administer the state's unemployment insurance program activities.

Funding covers operational costs of North Dakota's unemployment insurance program, including administrative workload, claims processing capability, claimant system operation, staffing levels, and overhead costs. Job Service North Dakota will maintain or improve performance in timeliness and quality of claims processing, handling of improper payments, and identification and reduction of fraudulent claims. The intended beneficiaries are unemployment compensation claimants.

The award obligates $6.221 million and runs through December 31, 2028, with place of performance in North Dakota. Job Service North Dakota does not intend to subaward funds. The grant is a formula award 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.