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EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DPM DATE July 22 2022 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 28-20 Change 4 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM BRENT PARTON Acting Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Support for States to Resolve Outstanding Items from the Expired Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Unemployment Compensation UC Programs Including Additional Funding to Assist States with Reporting and Detection and Recovery of Overpayments 1.Purpose. To provide states with information on existing sources of administrative funding to resolve outstanding items from the expired CARES Act UC programs and to announce up to 225 million for administrative costs related to reporting and overpayment detection and recovery activities under certain CARES Act UC programs. 2.Action Requested. Submissions for the funding opportunities under this UIPL are due by the close of business on September 23 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor s Department s Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that State Workforce Agency Administrators Review the funding opportunities described in Section 4.c. of this UIPL to determine if the state will apply for these funds. Coordinate with appropriate state staff to develop an SF-424 for each applicable CARES Act UC program to address reporting as well as overpayment detection and recovery activities as described in Section 4.c. of this UIPL. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary This UIPL describes existing and additional sources of administrative funding for states as they resolve outstanding items from the expired CARES Act UC programs. Such funding is provided in accordance with the Agreement Implementing the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act Agreement that all states signed with the Secretary of Labor Secretary in March 2020 to administer the CARES Act UC programs. States must administer these programs in accordance with the CARES Act as amended and guidance and operating instructions provided by the Department. This includes the requirement that states provide required reports and properly allocate costs across UC programs. 2 Section 4.b. of this UIPL describes the existing funding structure for continued administrative workload of the CARES Act UC programs as states resolve matters from weeks of unemployment occurring before the state s participation in such programs was terminated or expired whichever was first . Under Section 4.c. of this UIPL the Department is making up to 225 million in administrative funding available for states to assist with reporting as well as overpayment detection and recovery activities. This includes 100 million for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA program 100 million for the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC program and 25 million for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC program. Section 4.c.ii. of this UIPL describes how the funding may be used. Additionally as described in Section 4.c.iii. of this UIPL states are permitted to use remaining balances from earlier allotments under the UIPL No. 28-20 series for these described purposes. Attachment I to this UIPL provides the amounts of funding available for each state by program subject to sequestration. The methodology for state funding levels reflects an updated approach to what was utilized under prior funding opportunities announced via the UIPL No. 28-20 series. This revised approach was developed to provide a broader distribution of funding to states based on the state size and a relative measure of the volume of claims for which ongoing integrity efforts may be required in these programs. Attachment II to this UIPL provides information on completing the SF-424. Attachment III to this UIPL describes the investigations and overpayment activity reports for the PUA FPUC and PEUC programs. b. Background The CARES Act Public Law Pub. L. 116-136 was enacted on March 27 2020 and created new temporary UC programs including PUA FPUC and PEUC. See UIPL No. 14-20. The Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 Continued Assistance Act Pub. L. 116-260 was enacted on December 27 2020 and amended and extended the CARES Act UC programs plus created the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation MEUC program. See UIPL No. 09-21. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA Pub. L. 117-2 was enacted on March 11 2021 and further amended and extended the CARES Act UC programs. See UIPL No. 14-21. ARPA also provided a 2 billion appropriation to the Department for purposes of strengthening the national UI system.1 1 With this appropriation under ARPA the Department has offered additional funding opportunities to states to be used towards all UC programs in the support of 1 fraud detection and prevention including identity verification and overpayment recovery activities and 2 promoting equitable access including eliminating administrative barriers to benefit applications reducing state workload backlogs improving the timeliness of UC payments to eligible individuals and ensuring equity in fraud prevention detection and recovery activities. See UIPL Nos. 22- 21 and 23-21 respectively. States are also invited to participate in a consultative assessment towards achieving the goals of strengthening fraud detection and prevention promoting equitable access and improving the timeliness of UC payments and to receive funding to support the implementation of resulting recommendations as described in UIPL No. 02-22. 3 All states signed an Agreement with the Secretary to administer the PUA FPUC and PEUC programs.2 Most states also signed an Agreement with the Secretary to administer the MEUC program. The Agreement incorporates amendments to the CARES Act made by the Continued Assistance Act and ARPA. The CARES Act UC programs expired on September 6 2021 though some states chose to end participation in some or all of these programs earlier. States must process and pay benefits to eligible individuals under the CARES Act UC programs for all weeks of unemployment ending on or before the date of the Agreement termination or program expiration whichever was first . The state must also comply with all responsibilities with respect to claims filed under these programs for those weeks including without limitation the requirements under the Agreement and in guidance. See UIPL No. 14-21 Change 1. On August 31 2020 the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20 which provided states with 100 million in funding to assist with efforts to prevent and detect fraud and identity theft and recover fraud overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs. On January 15 2021 the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20 Change 1 to provide states with an additional 100 million in funding to support identity verification or validation of PUA claimants and to assist with efforts to prevent and detect fraud and identity theft as well as to recover overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs. On August 11 2021 the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20 Change 2 to provide states with a third round of 100 million in funding to strengthen fraud detection and prevention efforts and the recovery of overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs. These three funding opportunities are referred to as the UIPL No. 28-20 series. 4. Guidance. a. Requirements for States Receiving Funding as Described in this UIPL. By signing the Agreement to administer the PUA FPUC MEUC and PEUC programs states agreed to administer these programs in accordance with the CARES Act as amended and guidance and operating instructions provided by the Department. The funds described under Sections 4.b. and c. of this UIPL are done so under the parameters of this Agreement which remains in effect with respect to the CARES Act UC programs for weeks of unemployment ending on or before the date of termination or expiration whichever was first until all issues relating to these weeks are resolved. Below we specifically highlight the requirements for states to provide required reports and to properly allocate costs between programs. i. Provide required reports. States must comply with all responsibilities with respect to claims filed under these programs for weeks of unemployment ending on or before the date of termination or expiration whichever was first including without limitation the requirements under the Agreement and in guidance. This includes providing reports on program activity such as 2 The Pacific territories and Freely Associated States are included in PUA and FPUC pursuant to Sections 2102 a 5 and 2102 d of the CARES Act as amended. 4 investigations and overpayment activities as reported in the ETA 902P ETA 227 FPUC and ETA 227 PEUC . For additional information about the required reports see Attachment III. ii. Properly allocate costs between CARES Act UC programs and the regular UC program. States must track the administrative funding used for activities under the CARES Act UC programs and apply the administrative funding to the appropriate CARES Act program. As states are performing activities with respect to the FPUC program there may also be corresponding activities with the regular UC or other UC programs. In this circumstance states must prorate expenses to ensure only the proportional costs specific to the FPUC program are charged to the FPUC program. Recognizing the administrative overlap that occurs in recovery of a week of unemployment that involves both regular UC and FPUC states must prorate the administrative funding based on the application to each respective program. For example if a state recovers 800 in total of previously overpaid benefits and applies 600 of these recovered funds towards FPUC and 200 towards regular UC the state can prorate the administrative costs. This would mean 75 percent of the administrative cost of the recovery can be charged to FPUC administrative funding and 25 percent of the administrative cost of recovery can be charged through the state s regular UC funding activities. b. Funding for Continued Administrative Workload of the CARES Act UC Programs. The Department recognizes that states will continue to engage in administrative workload for the CARES Act UC programs for some time in resolving matters from weeks of unemployment occurring before such programs expired on September 6 2021 though this engagement will decrease over time. The Department will continue to provide states with administrative funding for such workload as described below based on the state s accurate and timely submission of reports for as long as the activities continue. The amount of this administrative funding is subject to the application of sequestration.3 It is critical that states accurately report workload activities for the CARES Act UC programs. States must continue to submit all reports as long as there is activity states only need to submit ongoing reports with non-zero data. i. PUA Ongoing Administrative Costs. Ongoing administrative costs for the PUA program will be calculated based on the state s initial claims continued claims appeals disposed and nonmonetary redetermination activities as reported in the ETA 902P report. Attachment IV of UIPL No. 16-20 Change 6 provides the most recent instructions for reporting workload activities under the PUA program. 3 The implementation of sequestration for FY 2022 is described in UIPL No. 05-22. 5 ii. FPUC Ongoing Administrative Costs. Ongoing administrative costs for the FPUC program will be provided based on state submitted costs on line 26 of the UI-3 report. UIPL No. 15-20 Change 2 provides the most recent instructions for reporting workload activities under the FPUC program. iii. MEUC Ongoing Administrative Costs. Ongoing administrative costs for the MEUC program will be calculated based on the state s initial claims and appeals disposed activities as reported in the ETA 902M report. Section 4.m. of UIPL No. 15-20 Change 3 provides the most recent instructions for reporting workload activities under the MEUC program. iv. PEUC Ongoing Administrative Costs. Ongoing administrative costs for the PEUC program will be calculated based on the state s initial claims continued claims appeals and nonmonetary determination activities as reported in the ETA 5159 PEUC report. Section G of Attachment I to UIPL No. 17-20 provides the most recent instructions for reporting workload activities under the PEUC program. c. Funding for States to Support Accurate Reporting as well as the Detection and Recovery of Overpayments for Certain CARES Act UC Programs. Recognizing that not all administrative costs of the states is represented in the reports described under Section 4.b. of this UIPL the Department is providing additional funding to states to support accurate reporting as well as the detection and recovery of overpayments. The Department expects that states will continue to detect and recover both nonfraudulent and fraudulent overpayments with respect to the covered weeks even after the date of termination or expiration whichever was first . This section discusses the amount of funding available to states allowable uses of funds application instructions and reporting requirements. i. Amount Available to States. The Department is providing an additional 225 million in administrative funding to states to assist with reporting as well as overpayment detection and recovery activities for specific CARES Act UC programs. This includes 100 million for the PUA program 100 million for the FPUC program and 25 million for the PEUC program. Attachment I to this UIPL provides the amounts of funding available for each state and for each of the applicable CARES Act UC programs. A. Applicable CARES Act UC programs. States may use these funds with respect to claims under the PUA FPUC and PEUC programs in accordance with the allowable uses described in Section 4.c.ii. of this UIPL. B. Methodology for distribution. The methodology for state funding levels is based on the size of UI covered employment in the state and the number of first payments made by the state in the relevant programs from March 2020 through September 2021. This reflects an updated 6 approach to what was utilized under prior funding opportunities announced via UIPL Nos. 28-20 28-20 Change 1 and 28-20 Change 2. This revised approach was developed to provide a broader distribution of funding to states based on the state size and a relative measure of the volume of claims for which ongoing integrity efforts may be required in these programs. For purposes of this methodology states are first assigned to three groups using the same period and methodology as was used in the earlier distributions of similar funding. These three groups Small Medium and Large were based on the 12-month average of UI covered employment for the four quarters in calendar year 2020 reported on the ES 202 Employment Wages and Contributions . States are assigned to the size groups as follows Small covered employment under 1 million employees Medium covered employment between 1 million and 2 million employees or Large covered employment greater than 2 million employees. Next the reported first payments covering the period from March 2020 through September 2021 are summed by state for the relevant program s . The FPUC calculation utilizes first payments for regular UC PEUC Extended Benefits EB and PUA. Due to lingering reporting difficulties and to ensure a more equitable distribution of funding first payments are estimated in a few states which reported either zero or very low first payments relative to initial claims in the PEUC and PUA programs. The ratio of each state s first payments to the U.S. total first payments and the state size grouping are combined to distribute the respective funding amounts across the 53 states and territories. Funding levels for the Pacific Territories and Freely Associated States are set at the same levels as provided under UIPL Nos. 28-20 28-20 Change 1 and 28-20 Change 2. C. Application of Sequestration. As noted in Section 4.c. of UIPL No. 05- 22 the final amounts provided to states will be subject to sequestration so the amounts awarded to states will be reduced by the FY 2022 sequestration rate of 5.7 percent. ii. Allowable Uses of Funds. As noted previously the Department expects that states will continue activities to detect and recover overpayments in the CARES Act programs. The Department also recognizes that states ongoing administrative work particularly that associated with program integrity and reporting issues may not generate workload based administrative funding 7 described in Section 4.b. of this UIPL. Therefore the Department is providing the above outlined funding in support of these ongoing efforts. Examples of permissible uses include Administrative expenses incurred for reporting on investigation and overpayment activities as required under the ETA 902P report ETA 227 FPUC report and ETA 227 PEUC report Administrative expenses incurred by the state to gather business requirements program computer systems or otherwise implement tools strategies or solutions to detect establish and recover overpayments in accordance with UIPL No. 20-21 as well as processing allowable waivers of recovery of established overpayments in accordance with Section 4.c. of UIPL No. 20-21 Change 1. This includes automated data processing when issuing blanket waivers of recovery as described in Section 4.c.ii.C. of UIPL No. 20-21 Change 1 Hiring staff or obtaining contract services for processing overpayments established by merit staff and recovering those overpayments 4 and Corrections of program eligibility issues including but not limited to actions related to determining if benefits were improperly paid e.g. solicitation of eligibility information and adjudication to determine if regular UC eligibility applies administrative actions to correct claims e.g. transferring weeks between UC programs benefit offsets processing waivers of recovery where appropriate and development of required programming and or automation to conduct these activities as appropriate. States may also use the funds made available under Section 5 of this UIPL for the same activities described in Section 5.b. of UIPL No. 28- 20 Change 2. iii. Allowable Uses for Remaining Balances under Earlier Allotments in the UIPL No. 28-20 Series. States with remaining balances from grants awarded under UIPL Nos. 28-20 28-20 Change 1 and 28-20 Change 2 may use such funding for the additional activities described in Section 4.c.ii. of this UIPL. iv. Program integrity includes fraud detection prevention and recovery of overpayments as well as underpayment prevention and equitable access. While states are aggressively addressing fraud in the CARES Act UC programs such efforts should balance the need to identify and prevent fraudulent activity while ensuring that eligible individuals with legitimate 4 Refer to UIPL No. 12-01 Change 2 for states ability to exercise flexibility in staffing models after the emergency flexibilities under Section 9015 ARPA expired on September 6 2021. 8 claims get the benefits they are entitled to when they are due. ETA is committed to supporting states in ensuring equity is a key focus in all fraud prevention efforts and a major factor in all discussions to address this issue comprehensively and compassionately. Efforts to prioritize equity include ensuring there are alternatives to digital mechanisms of identity proofing that the mechanisms used to prove identity or indicate potential fraud do not contain racial ethnic gender or other bias and that data is available to understand the impact of fraud mitigation on efforts to eliminate barriers that prevent full and equal access to UC benefits for all eligible individuals. At the most fundamental level program integrity within the UI program involves both ensuring that entitled workers are neither underpaid nor overpaid and preventing payments to those who are not entitled to benefits. The Department expects that states will continue efforts to serve as ethical stewards across all UC programs. This includes ensuring that all eligible claims are paid and that there are equitable and accessible ways for claimants to transfer eligibility between state and federal programs. There are certain required activities that states must perform with respect to fraud detection and prevention efforts and the recovery of overpayments for CARES Act UC programs. These include performing cross-matches with the National Directory of New Hires NDNH and quarterly wage records as well as using the Systematic Alien Verification SAVE system. Recovery activities include conducting interstate and cross-program benefit offsets and sending covered debts to the Treasury Offset Program TOP . ETA also strongly encouraged states to adopt an array of solutions and techniques to strengthen efforts to detect and prevent fraud and to recover overpayments. See UIPL Nos. 13-20 Change 1 23-20 28-20 and Changes 1 through 3 16- 21 and 22-21. Overpayment recovery is critical to protect both state and federal UI trust funds and must be given the same priority as overpayment prevention and detection. See UIPL No. 19-21. On May 5 2021 ETA issued UIPL No. 20- 21 to describe the requirements for establishing benefit overpayments for programs authorized by the CARES Act as amended to advise states of appropriate circumstances for assessing a monetary fraud penalty and for assessing interest and other collection costs on benefit overpayments created under the CARES Act as amended and to provide instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments including limited circumstances for permissible use of blanket waivers. On February 7 2022 ETA issued UIPL No. 20-21 Change 1 providing additional instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments under the CARES Act UC programs including elaborating on the criteria for waiving recovery of overpayments where an individual is without fault on an individual case-by-case basis and expanding the existing limited scenarios for permissible use of blanket waivers. UIPL No. 20-21 Change 1 also described the required collection activities under the 9 CARES Act UC programs for overpayments which are not eligible for a waiver of recovery and reminded states that recovery activities for fraudulent overpayments may never be waived. v. Application Instructions. States are required to submit an SF-424 OMB No. 4040-0004 https apply07.grants.gov apply forms sample SF424 4 0- V4.0.pdf for each funding allotment i.e. one SF-424 for PUA one SF-424 for FPUC and another SF-424 for PEUC . Additionally states wishing to expand the use of funding received under the prior UIPL 28-20 series awards consistent with Section 4.c.iii. of this UIPL must also submit revised application documents for each of the prior funding allotments that will be used in accordance with Section 4.c.ii. of this UIPL. Attachment II provides additional information on completing the SF-424. ETA encourages states to submit this form as soon as possible but no later than September 23 2022 via www.grants.gov. vi. Reporting Requirements. States must provide a narrative Quarterly Progress Report ETA 9178-F and Quarterly Financial Report ETA 9130 containing updates on the progress and implementation of each project. ETA will use the ETA 9178-F to track each state s progress on activities and ensure that a state s use of funds is consistent with the permissible activities outlined in this UIPL. Refer to Attachment III to UIPL No. 28-20 for instructions for completion and the timeline of submission for the ETA 9178-F. In the Summary under Section A states must provide to the extent available an assessment of the issue they are addressing an explanation of how the proposed use of funds would address the issue and a plan to measure the outcomes and effectiveness of the strategies tools and or actions associated with the use of these funds. States may need to consider updates and changes to their existing computer systems to capture new data elements needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of these action s . 5. Inquiries. States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. Submissions for the funding opportunities under this UIPL are due by the close of business on September 23 2022. 6. References. American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA including Title IX Subtitle A Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers Pub. L. 117-2 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 including Division N Title II Subtitle A the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 Pub. L. 116-260 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Title II Subtitle A Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act Pub. L. 116-136 10 Section 303 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 503 UIPL No. 05-22 Implementation of Sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011 BCA for Mandatory Unemployment Insurance Programs for Fiscal Year FY 2022 issued December 20 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm docn 9859 UIPL No. 02-22 Change 1 Extension of Time for States to Express Interest in the Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 2-22 to Support States Following a Consultative Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention Promoting Equitable Access and Ensuring the Timely Payment of Benefits including Backlog Reduction for all Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued February 16 2022 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8539 UIPL No. 02-22 Grant Opportunity to Support States Following a Consultative Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention Promoting Equitable Access and Ensuring the Timely Payment of Benefits including Backlog Reduction for all Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued November 2 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 6683 UIPL No. 23-21 Grant Opportunity for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued August 17 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 7400 UIPL No. 22-21 Grant Opportunity to Support States with Fraud Detection and Prevention Including Identity Verification and Overpayment Recovery Activities in All Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued August 11 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 4240 UIPL No. 20-21 Change 1 Additional State Instructions for Processing Waivers of Recovery of Overpayments under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act as Amended issued February 7 2022 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8527 UIPL No. 20-21 State Instructions for Assessing Fraud Penalties and Processing Overpayment Waivers under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act as Amended issued May 5 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 6830 UIPL No. 19-21 Benefits Held by Banks and Financial Institutions as a Result of Suspicious and or Potentially Fraudulent Activity and the Proportional Distribution Methodology Required for Recovering Returning Federally Funded Unemployment Compensation UC Program Funds issued May 4 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 9571 UIPL No. 16-21 Identity Verification for Unemployment Insurance UI Claims issued April 13 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 9141 UIPL No. 14-21 Change 1 State Responsibilities After the Temporary Unemployment Benefit Programs under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act as amended End Due to State Termination of Administration or When the Programs Expire issued July 12 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm docn 9502 UIPL No. 14-21 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA Key Unemployment Insurance UI Provisions issued March 15 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5669 11 UIPL No. 09-21 Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 Continued Assistance Act Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance UI Provisions issued December 30 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3831 UIPL No. 28-20 Change 3 Extension of Time to Submit Request for Funding under Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 28-20 Change 2 issued September 17 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3558 UIPL No. 28-20 Change 2 Additional Funding to Assist with Strengthening Fraud Detection and Prevention Efforts and the Recovery of Overpayments in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Programs as well as Guidance on Processes for Combatting Identity Fraud issued August 11 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 7207 UIPL No. 28-20 Change 1 Additional Funding for Identity Verification or Verification of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Claimants and Funding to Assist with Efforts to Prevent and Detect Fraud and Identity Theft as well as Recover Fraud Overpayments in the PUA and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Programs issued January 15 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 9897 UIPL No. 28-20 Addressing Fraud in the Unemployment Insurance UI System and Providing States with Funding to Assist with Efforts to Prevent and Detect Fraud and Identity Theft and Recover Fraud Overpayments in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Programs issued August 31 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8044 UIPL No. 23-20 Program Integrity for the Unemployment Insurance UI Program and the UI Programs Authorized by the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 - Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Programs issued May 11 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 4621 UIPL No. 17-20 Change 3 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Program Extension Elimination of Transition Rule Increase in Total Benefits and Extension of Coordination Rule issued March 26 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 9169 UIPL No. 17-20 Change 2 Continued Assistance Act for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Program Extension Transition Rule Increase in Total Benefits and Coordination Rules issued December 31 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm docn 9291 UIPL No. 17-20 Change 1 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Program Questions and Answers and Revised Reporting Instructions for the PEUC ETA 227 issued May 13 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8689 UIPL No. 17-20 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Program Operating 12 Financial and Reporting Instructions issued April 10 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8452 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 6 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program Updated Operating Instructions and Reporting Changes issued September 3 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 4801 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 5 Expanded Eligibility Provisions for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program issued February 25 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3202 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 4 Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program New Operating Instructions and Reporting Changes issued January 8 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 6973 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 3 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 - Eligibility of Individuals who are Caregivers for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA in the Context of School Systems Reopening issued August 27 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3849 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 2 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 - Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Additional Questions and Answers issued July 21 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5479 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 1 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program Reporting Instructions and Questions and Answers issued April 27 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5899 UIPL No. 16-20 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Program Operating Financial and Reporting Instructions issued April 5 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 4628 UIPL No. 15-20 Change 4 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA Extensions to the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation MEUC Program issued March 26 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm docn 3728 UIPL No. 15-20 Change 3 Continued Assistance Act for Unemployed Workers Continued Assistance Act of 2020 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program Reauthorization and Modification and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation MEUC Program Operating Reporting and Financial Instructions issued January 5 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 6122 UIPL No. 15-20 Change 2 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 New Data Collection Instrument and Revised Reporting Instructions for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC issued June 15 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 7785 UIPL No. 15-20 Change 1 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Program Reporting Instructions and Questions and Answers issued May 9 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3946 13 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 April 4 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 9297 UIPL No. 14-20 Change 1 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Questions and Answers issued August 12 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3791 UIPL No. 14-20 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act of 2020 Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance UI Provisions and Guidance Regarding Temporary Emergency State Staffing Flexibility issued April 2 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3390 UIPL No. 13-20 Change 1 Families First Coronavirus Response Act Division D Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 EUISAA Reporting Instructions Modification to Emergency Administrative Grants Application Requirement and Questions and Answers issued May 4 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5374 UIPL No. 04-17 Change 1 Requirement for States to Refer Allegations of Unemployment Compensation UC Fraud Waste Abuse Mismanagement or Misconduct to the Department of Labor s Department Office of Inspector General s DOL-OIG and to Disclose Information Related to the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act to DOL-OIG for Purposes of UC Fraud Investigation and Audits issued August 3 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5817 UIPL No. 02-16 Change 1 State Responsibilities for Ensuring Access to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Services and Information issued May 11 2020 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5491 UIPL No. 02-16 State Responsibilities for Ensuring Access to Unemployment Insurance Benefits issued October 01 2015 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 4233 UIPL No. 01-16 Change 1 Federal Requirements to Protect Claimant Rights in State Unemployment Compensation Overpayment Prevention and Recovery Procedures - Questions and Answers issued January 13 2017 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 7706 UIPL No. 01-16 Federal Requirements to Protect Individual Rights in State Unemployment Compensation Overpayment Prevention and Recovery Procedures issued October 1 2015 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 5763 UIPL No. 19-11 National Effort to Reduce Improper Payments in the Unemployment Insurance UI Program issued June 10 2011 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3036 UIPL No. 12-01 Change 2 States Ability to Exercise Flexibility in Staffing Models for the Performance of Certain Unemployment Compensation UC Administrative Activities issued January 8 2021 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 8998 UIPL No. 04-01 Payment of Compensation and Timeliness of Determinations during a Continued Claims Series issued October 27 2000 https wdr.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 1746 14 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.doleta.gov directives corr doc.cfm DOCN 3698 and Employment Security Manual Section 7511 The Secretary s Interpretation of Federal Law Requirements available at 20 C.F.R. Part 614 Appendix C Standard for Fraud and Overpayment Detection. 7. Attachment s . Attachment I State Size Classifications and Funding Allocation to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities for Specific CARES Act UC Programs. Attachment II Instructions for Completing the SF-424 for Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities for Specific CARES Act UC Programs. Attachment III Reference to Investigations and Overpayment Activity Reports for the PUA PEUC and FPUC Programs. I-1 Attachment I to UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 State Size Classifications and Funding Allocation to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities for Specific CARES Act UC Programs State Size Classification Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Funding Allotment Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Funding Allotment Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Funding Allotment Alaska SM 647 000 175 000 700 000 Alabama MED 1 138 000 366 000 1 300 000 Arkansas MED 1 038 000 250 000 1 100 000 Arizona LRG 4 923 000 394 000 2 700 000 California LRG 8 392 000 2 883 000 9 380 000 Colorado LRG 2 313 000 572 000 2 200 000 Connecticut MED 1 028 000 343 000 1 300 000 District of Columbia SM 667 000 201 000 700 000 Delaware SM 632 000 162 000 700 000 Florida LRG 3 208 000 873 000 3 500 000 Georgia LRG 1 753 000 670 000 2 500 000 Hawaii SM 757 000 234 000 900 000 Iowa MED 923 000 273 000 1 200 000 Idaho SM 742 000 172 000 700 000 Illinois LRG 2 058 000 844 000 3 300 000 Indiana LRG 2 073 000 442 000 2 100 000 Kansas MED 1 208 000 311 000 1 200 000 Kentucky MED 1 838 000 394 000 1 500 000 Louisiana MED 1 638 000 378 000 1 600 000 Massachusetts LRG 2 918 000 833 000 3 000 000 Maryland LRG 2 663 000 428 000 2 100 000 Maine SM 762 000 204 000 800 000 Michigan LRG 3 873 000 758 000 3 400 000 Minnesota LRG 1 538 000 478 000 1 600 000 Missouri LRG 1 648 000 437 000 1 800 000 Mississippi MED 1 308 000 395 000 1 300 000 Montana SM 672 000 167 000 700 000 North Carolina LRG 1 973 000 590 000 2 400 000 North Dakota SM 647 000 172 000 700 000 Nebraska SM 667 000 169 000 700 000 New Hampshire SM 897 000 169 000 800 000 New Jersey LRG 2 823 000 734 000 2 800 000 New Mexico SM 847 000 269 000 900 000 Nevada MED 2 823 000 561 000 1 600 000 New York LRG 6 363 000 1 497 000 5 800 000 I-2 State Size Classification Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Funding Allotment Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC Funding Allotment Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Funding Allotment Ohio LRG 3 563 000 523 000 2 800 000 Oklahoma MED 928 000 286 000 1 200 000 Oregon MED 1 133 000 351 000 1 400 000 Pennsylvania LRG 4 913 000 777 000 3 800 000 Puerto Rico SM 1 627 000 187 000 1 100 000 Rhode Island SM 967 000 196 000 900 000 South Carolina MED 1 158 000 274 000 1 300 000 South Dakota SM 627 000 156 000 600 000 Tennessee LRG 1 648 000 472 000 1 900 000 Texas LRG 3 268 000 1 220 000 4 600 000 Utah MED 923 000 238 000 1 000 000 Virginia LRG 3 053 000 565 000 2 900 000 Virgin Islands SM 622 000 156 000 600 000 Vermont SM 652 000 189 000 700 000 Washington LRG 1 813 000 802 000 2 300 000 Wisconsin LRG 1 383 000 462 000 1 700 000 West Virginia SM 882 000 187 000 800 000 Wyoming SM 622 000 161 000 600 000 TOTAL 99 180 000 25 000 000 99 180 000 Pacific Territories Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA Funding Allotment Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation FPUC Funding Allotment American Samoa 100 000 100 000 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 210 000 210 000 Federated States of Micronesia 100 000 100 000 Guam 210 000 210 000 Palau 100 000 100 000 Republic of Marshall Islands 100 000 100 000 TOTAL 820 000 820 000 II-1 Attachment II to UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Instructions for Completing the SF-424 for Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities for Specific CARES Act UC Programs. Please note that States are required to submit an SF-424 for each funding allotment i.e. one SF- 424 for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funding and a second SF-424 for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation funding . I. Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 Use the current version of the form for submission. Expired forms will not be accepted. SF- 424 Expiration Date 12 31 2022 Office of Management and Budget OMB Control No. 4040-0004 Grants.gov . https apply07.grants.gov apply forms sample SF424 4 0- V4.0.pdf. Section 8 APPLICANT INFORMATION Legal Name The legal name must match the name submitted with the System for Award Management SAM . Please refer to instructions at https www.sam.gov SAM . Employer Tax Identification Number EIN TIN Input your correct 9-digit EIN and ensure that it is recorded within SAM. Unique Entity Identifier UEI Starting on April 4 2022 the DUNS Number was replaced by a new non-proprietary identifier requested in and assigned by the System for Award Management SAM at SAM.gov. This new identifier is being called the Unique Entity Identifier UEI or the Entity ID. To learn more about SAM s rollout of the UEI please visit the U.S. General Service Administration GSA Unique Entity Identifier Update webpage. Before submitting states must also ensure its registration with SAM.gov is current. SAM replaced the Central Contractor Registry. States can find instructions for registering with SAM at https sam.gov content entity-registration. An awardee must maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application under consideration. To remain registered in the SAM database after the initial registration states must review and update the registration at least every 12 months from the date of initial registration. Failure to register with SAM and maintain an active account will result in a rejection of your submission. Address Input your complete address including Zipcode 4 Example 20110-0831. For lookup use link at https tools.usps.com go ZipLookupAction input. Organizational Unit Input appropriate Department Name and Division Name if applicable. Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application Provide complete and accurate contact information including telephone number and email address for the point of contact. Section 9 Type of Applicant 1 Select Applicant Type Input State Government . II-2 Section 10 Name of the Federal Agency Input Employment and Training Administration . Section 11 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number Input 17.225 CFDA Title Input Unemployment Insurance . Section 12 Funding Opportunity Number and Title For Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities . For Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities . For Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities Section 13 Competition Identification Number Leave Blank. Section 14 Areas Affected by Project Input the place of performance for the project implementation Example NY for New York. Section 15 Descriptive Title of Applicant s Project For Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities . For Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities . For Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Funding Allotment Input UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Additional Funding to Assist with Reporting as well as Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities Section 16 Congressional Districts of a. Applicant Input the Congressional District of your home office. For lookup use link at www.house.gov with Zipcode 4. b. Program Project Input the Congressional District where the project work is performed. If it is the same place as your home office input the congressional district II-3 for your home office. For lookup use link at www.house.gov with Zipcode 4. Section 17 Proposed Project Dates. a. Start Date Input a valid start date for the project earliest start date will be April 1 2022 . b. End Date Input a valid end date for the project June 30 2023 . Section 18 Estimated Funding Input the applicable funding allotment for each of the programs as listed for your state in Attachment I. Section s 19 20 Complete as per instructions for Form SF-424. Section 21 Authorized Representative Please select the I AGREE check box and provide complete information for your authorized signatory including contact information such as telephone number and email address. If your Authorized Representative has changed from your previous application submission for this program please include a letter from higher-level leadership authorizing the new signatory for the application submission. Remember to have the SF-424 signed and dated by the Authorized Representative. III-1 Attachment III to UIPL No. 28-20 Change 4 Reference Sheet for Investigations and Overpayment Activity Reports for PUA PEUC and FPUC Programs Report Number Report Name Description Reporting Period Due Dates Most Recent Reference ETA 902P Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Activities The ETA 902P report contains monthly data on PUA activities provided by the CARES Act of 2020 as amended. Monthly January 30 February 28 March 30 April 30 May 30 June 30 July 30 August 30 September 30 October 30 November 30 and December 30 UIPL No. 16-20 Change 6 ETA 227 FPUC Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities FPUC The ETA 227 FPUC report provides information on FPUC overpayments. Quarterly February 1 May 1 August 1 November 1 UIPL No. 15-20 Change 2 ETA 227 PEUC Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities PEUC The ETA 227 PEUC report provides information on PEUC overpayments. Quarterly February 1 May 1 August 1 November 1 UIPL No. 17-20 Change 1