Opportunity ID: 327820

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: ETA-UI-2020-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Opportunity Category: Mandatory
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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 2
Posted Date: Jun 23, 2020
Last Updated Date: Jun 23, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2020 “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.”
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2020 “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.”
Archive Date: Aug 06, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000
Award Ceiling: $6,000,000
Award Floor: $0

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) 2020 appropriation. The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Other Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ((P.L. 116-94) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence…” The accompanying congressional explanatory statement further notes that, “The Committee includes $9,000,000, the same as the fiscal year 2019 enacted level and $3,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the continued support of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence (UIICE), including $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.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

“NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.” If you have questions, please contact Subri Raman at Raman.Subri@dol.gov.
Email:Raman.Subri@dol.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Added “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.” again in the Grantor Contact block. Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: ETA-UI-2020-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Opportunity Category: Mandatory
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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 2
Posted Date: Jun 23, 2020
Last Updated Date: Jun 23, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2020 “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.”
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2020 “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.”
Archive Date: Aug 06, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000
Award Ceiling: $6,000,000
Award Floor: $0

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) 2020 appropriation. The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Other Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ((P.L. 116-94) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence…” The accompanying congressional explanatory statement further notes that, “The Committee includes $9,000,000, the same as the fiscal year 2019 enacted level and $3,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the continued support of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence (UIICE), including $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.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

“NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.” If you have questions, please contact Subri Raman at Raman.Subri@dol.gov.
Email:Raman.Subri@dol.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: ETA-UI-2020-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Opportunity Category: Mandatory
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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: Jun 23, 2020
Last Updated Date: Jun 23, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2020 “NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.”
Archive Date: Aug 06, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000
Award Ceiling: $6,000,000
Award Floor: $0

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) 2020 appropriation. The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Other Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ((P.L. 116-94) provides “… $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence…” The accompanying congressional explanatory statement further notes that, “The Committee includes $9,000,000, the same as the fiscal year 2019 enacted level and $3,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the continued support of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence (UIICE), including $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.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Subri Raman

Raman.Subri@dol.gov
Email:Raman.Subri@dol.gov

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