Grants of funds for administration of State unemployment insurance
and public employment service programs are made to States under section
302(a) of the Social Security Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the
Appropriation Acts.
(a) Requests for funds. The forms and instructions used by State
agencies in requesting funds are available upon request from the
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Washington,
DC 20210, and at the regional offices. The forms and instructions call
for detailed information for each budgetary period concerning the
specific amounts requested for personal services and other current
expenses of State agencies, supported by workload and unit-cost
estimates. Supplementary budget requests are processed in the same
manner as regular requests. The Administration's representatives in the
regional offices furnish assistance to the State agencies in preparing
requests for funds.
(b) Processing of requests. State agencies send their requests for
funds to the RAETA who reviews the requests and forwards them to the ETA
National Office with his recommendation as to the amounts necessary for
proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment
compensation law and employment service program.
The ETA National Office appraises the requests and the recommendations
of the regional representatives from a nationwide point of view,
examining each State's request in the light of the experience of other
States to insure equitable treatment among the States in the allocation
of funds made available by Congress for the administration of State
unemployment compensation laws and public employment service programs.
(c) Action by ETA National Office. If the ETA National Office
approves the State's budget request, the State agency is notified; and,
provided the conditions precedent to grants continue during the
budgetary period, certifications for payment, under the approved budget,
stating the amounts, are made by the ETA National Office to the
Secretary of the Treasury quarterly. Upon denial of a request, in whole
or in part, the State agency is notified and the RAETA is instructed to
negotiate with the State with a view to removing the basis for denial.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1205-0132)
[15 FR 5886, Aug. 31, 1950, as amended at 42 FR 4724, Jan. 25, 1977; 49
FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984]
