UIPL_15-20_Change_1_Acc.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION UI CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL DUIO DATE May 9 2020 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 15-20 Change 1 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM JOHN PALLASCH s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program Reporting Instructions and Questions and Answers 1. Purpose. As states have gained experience administering the FPUC program under the CARES Act they have identified questions about aspects of the program s operation. The purpose of this UIPL is to address those questions and provide further guidance about the FPUC program authorized by Section 2104 of the CARES Act Public Law Pub. L. 116-136 and provide instructions for completing Form ETA 9178-P Quarterly Narrative Progress Report Employment and Training Supplemental Budget Request Activities. 2. Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor s Department Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that state administrators provide the information contained in this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL and its attachment to appropriate staff. 3. Summary and Background. a. Summary On March 27 2020 the President signed into law the CARES Act which includes the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act set out in Title II Subtitle A. Section 2104 of the CARES Act creates a new temporary federal program called Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC which provides an eligible individual with 600 per week in addition to the weekly benefit amount he or she receives from designated unemployment compensation UC programs provided he or she is otherwise eligible. b. Background The CARES Act was designed to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic in a variety of ways. The coordination of programs within the CARES Act is discussed in UIPL No. 14-20. On April 4 2020 the Department issued UIPL No. 15-20 which focuses on Section 2104 of the CARES Act authorizing the temporary FPUC program. FPUC provides eligible individuals 600 per week in addition to the weekly benefit amount they receive from the UC programs noted in Section 2104. 2 4. Questions and Answers . The Department hosted a webinar with states on April 9 2020 to discuss UIPL No. 1 5-20 which contained key provisions and operating instructions for the FPUC program . A recording of this webinar is available under the Events section on the Unemployment Insurance Community of Practice on the WorkforceGPS website https ui.workforcegps.org . The Attachment to this UIPL conta ins answers to certain questions received during the webinar and through the Department s designated e -mail address on all COVID -19 related inquiries covid -19 dol.gov . Additionally the Department is revising form ETA 227 OMB 1205 -0173 which is the form states must use to report FPUC overpayments. More information about this can be found in Attachment I of UIPL No. 15 -20 Section H. Reporting Instructions. 5. Supplemental Budget Request Project Status Tracking . ETA will use form ETA 9178 -P as a monitoring instrument to track a grantee s progress toward s completing project activities for implementation of the FPUC program which are fund ed under the supplemental budget request s. Instructions for submitting supplemental budget requests are located in section 4 c of UIPL No. 1 5-20. As part of the monitoring process grantees that receive supplemental grant awards must submit a Quarterl y Progress Report QPR using the form ETA 9178 -P. The form ETA 9178 -P requires the grantee to provide ETA with narrative updates on supplemental grant activities and help s ensure that the grantee achieve s the goals described in the supplemental grant application s. States that received supplemental grant awards to implement the FPUC program will need to submit report s as instructed. Attachments II and III in UIPL No. 16 -20 Change 1 provide the ETA 9178 -P report the instructions for completin g the report and the timeline for the submission of the report. 6. Inquiries . States should direct inquiries to covid -19 dol.gov and copy the appropriate Regional Office. 7. References . Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Pub. L. 116 -136 including Title II Subtitle A Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act 5 U.S.C. Chapter 85 Federal -State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 26 U.S.C. 3304 note Trade Act of 1974 19 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. Section s 3304 and 3306 v of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act FUTA 26 U.S.C. 3304 and 3306 v Section 303 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 503 20 C.F.R. Part 603 ET Handbook No. 336 18 th Edition Unemployment Insurance State Quality Service Plan Planning and Reporting Guidelines https wdr.doleta.gov directives attach ETAHandbook ET Handbook No.336 18th Editio n Change 4 acc.pdf 3 ET Handbook No. 384 Unemployment Compensation for Ex -servicemembers https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 465 ET Handbook No. 391 UCFE Handbook for State Agencies https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr d oc.cfm DOCN 2233 ET Handbook No. 401 UI Report Handbook https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 7774 UIPL No. 05 -13 Work Search and Overpayment Offset Provisions Added to Permanent Federal Unemployment Compensation Law by Title II Subtitle A of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 issued January 10 2013 https wdr.dole ta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3698 UIPL No. 14 -20 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance UI Provisions and Temporary Emergency State Staffing Flexibility issued on April 2 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3390 UIPL No. 15 -20 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program Operating Financial and Reporting Instructions issued on April 4 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm docn 9297 and UIPL No. 16 -20 Ch ange 1 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program Reporting Instructions and Questions and Answers issued on April 27 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5899 . 8. Attachment . Questions and Answers Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program