Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- ETA-UIPL-15-26
- Agency
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Employment and Training Administration
Department of Labor
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,891,183 to $457,710,985
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 17.225 Unemployment Insurance
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Employment, Labor and Training
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Rahel Bizuayene bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration is soliciting applications for FY 2027 Unemployment Insurance State Administration base resource planning allocations, with an October 30, 2026 deadline to submit required forms via grants.gov.
Eligible applicants are state workforce agencies in the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. No cost share is required. The total preliminary base allocation across all eligible states is $2,632,033,000 ($2,506,818,000 for base UI administration plus $125,215,000 for postage), representing a $6,589,000 increase from FY 2026 allocations calculated at a 1.8 million average weekly insured unemployment level. State allocations vary significantly by workforce size and activity levels; individual state awards range from approximately $1.4 million to $320 million per period. Stop-loss (5 percent) and stop-gain (3.62 percent) provisions apply to ease year-over-year funding impacts.
The funding period runs October 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027, with RESEA outcome payments extending through March 31, 2028, followed by a 90-day liquidation period. States must submit SF-424, SF-424A (if applicable), and SF-424B forms, along with UI-1 workload reports by October 1, 2026. Notify the appropriate ETA regional office of questions by October 15, 2026.
Allocations derive from Minutes Per Unit values (three-year average of FY 2023–2025 data) applied to six base workload activities: initial claims, weeks claimed, nonmonetary determinations, appeals, subject employers, and wage records. Total base workload staff years equal 12,987. States should include a 25 percent add-on to base allocation in the SF-424 estimated funding section to account for anticipated above-base workload funding, allocated quarterly based on actual workload and subject to a 19 percent overhead rate.
States retain flexibility to allocate approved funds among UI program categories consistent with Section 303(a)(8) of the Social Security Act and 2 CFR Parts 200 and 2900.
CFDA 17.225.
Synopsis
This UIPL is to provide states with information about preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states. Questions regarding this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) may be emailed to Rahel Bizuayene (bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov).
Eligibility
States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and the Virgin Islands.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| UIPL_15-26.pdf | ||
| PKG00294267.pdf |
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