The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is offering a grant to the Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for the ongoing operations of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center of Excellence. This grant is a sole source award mandated by ETA’s Fiscal Year 2019 appropriation, providing $9,000,000 for the benefit of States to enhance UI program integrity, prevent improper payments, and improve fraud prevention solutions. The primary goal of the Integrity Center is to offer training, technical assistance, and innovative tools to ensure the integrity of UI programs across all states.
Opportunity ID: 318374
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | This is a Notice of Intent and not a request for applications. |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Employment, Labor and Training |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 17.225 — Unemployment Insurance |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 12, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 12, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 This announcement is not a request for applications. This is a Notice of Intent to provide public notice the Employment and Training Administration intends to award a cooperative agreement to the Center for Employment Security Education and Research for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 This announcement is not a request for applications. This is a Notice of Intent to provide public notice the Employment and Training Administration intends to award a cooperative agreement to the Center for Employment Security Education and Research for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 25, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $6,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Employment and Training Administration |
| Description: |
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to award a cooperative agreement to the Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for continued operations of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center of Excellence (Integrity Center).
This sole source award is statutorily mandated in ETA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriation. The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 115-245) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence…” The accompanying congressional explanatory statement further states that, “The conferees include $9,000,000 for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence (UIICE). The conferees provide $6,000,000 for the benefit of States to the entity operating the UIICE”
The primary mission of the Integrity Center is to provide training and technical assistance to states to improve UI program integrity; develop, disseminate, and promote innovative new tools and products that are transferable and scalable for all states to prevent UI improper payments and enhance fraud prevention solutions; and enable rapid alerts to states on new improper payment practices and fraud schemes as they are identified.
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| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jeannette Flowers
Grants Management Specialist Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov Email:Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 318374 Full Announcement-ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI -> ETA-UI-2019-01-NOI.pdf
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