To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2025 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases. 

To provide information to states about Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and Supplemental Budget Requests (SBRs).

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2025 (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026).

To provide states with information about preliminary FY 2026 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.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with advance notice of the upcoming permanent transition of the UIR and BAM applications from UIDBMS to UIRS; to provide instructions to SWAs on how to submit data to UIRS; and to advise SWAs that effective December 6, 2025, all states must transmit their UIR data only through UIRS and BAM data only through UIRS starting December 27, 2025.

To initiate the FY 2026 SQSP process and define additional requirements relevant to the FY.
 

To remind states of procedural requirements when funds are returned by a bank or financial institution and to provide guidance to states regarding the methodology states must use to allocate returned funds across Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs when no identifying claim information is available. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) also provides additional information and clarification regarding the reporting of overpayment activities on Unemployment Insurance (UI) Required Reports.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2025 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit RESEA State Plans.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 – September 30, 2025 (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
 

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2025 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025).