ETA Advisory File
ETA Advisory
ETA Advisory File Text
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DPM DATE July 13 2023RESCISSIONS UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 UIPL No. 02-22 Change 3 UIPL No. 07-23 EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO FROM SUBJECT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 10-23 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES BRENT PARTON s Acting Assistant Secretary Cancellation of American Rescue Plan Act ARPA Related Guidance including Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 UIPL No. 02-22 Change 3 and UIPL No. 07-23. 1.Purpose. To cancel UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 UIPL No. 02- 22 Change 3 and UIPL No. 07-23. 2.Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor s the Department Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that State Workforce Agency Administrators provide information contained in this rIPL to the appropriate state staff. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary This UIPL cancels UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 UIPL No. 02-22 Change 3 and UIPL No. 07-23. The Department will determine the future uses of the remaining ARPA funds and will provide additional guidance as appropriate. b.Background On March 11 2021 the President signed ARPA into law Public Law Pub. L. 117-2 . Section 9032 ARPA created a new Section 2118 of the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Pub. L. 116-136 and provided for a 2 000 000 000 appropriation to the Secretary of Labor Secretary to 1 detect and prevent fraud 2 to promote equitable access and 3 to ensure timely payment of benefits to eligible workers with respect to unemployment compensation UC programs. ARPA describes allowable uses of these funds including awarding grants for such purposes to states and territories administering UC programs and for systemwide infrastructure investment and development. On June 3 2023 the President signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 FRA Pub. L. 118-5 . Section 24 of Title f of Division B of FRA permanently rescinds 2 1 000 000 000 of the unobligated balances of amounts made available by Section 2118 a of Title II of Division A of the CARES Act as added by Section 9032 of ARPA. 4.Guidance. a.Due to the permanent rescission in FRA of 1 000 000 000 of the unobligated ARPA funds made available to the Department the Department is canceling the following guidance. UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 Additional American Rescue Plan Act ARPA Funding and Support for States to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance UI Program Integrity including Identity ID Verification Fraud Prevention and Detection and Overpayment Recovery Efforts in All Unemployment Compensation UC Programs and Required and Strongly Recommended Strategies Tools and Services for UI Fraud Risk Mitigation and Improper Payment Reduction UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 Additional Grant Opportunities for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation UC Programs UIPL No. 02-22 Change 3 Modifications to the Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 02-22 to Support States Following the Tiger Teams Consultative Assessment and UIPL No. 07-23 Announcement of a Grant Opportunity to Support State Unemployment Insurance UI Information Technology IT Modernization Activities Under the American Rescue Plan Act ARPA . The Department will determine the future uses of the remaining ARPA funds and will provide additional guidance as appropriate. b.Applications for Equity Grants provided under UIPL No. 23-21 were due by December 31 2021 see UIPL No. 23-21 Change 2 . Since this time some states have continued to revise their applications to be fully responsive to the solicitation after having submitted them to the Department. Effective July 14 2023 the Department will not process any additional applications and no funding will be awarded for applications that have not been deemed fully responsive by that date.5.Inquiries. States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 6.References. Division B Title I Section 24 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA including Title IX Subtitle A Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers Pub. L. 117-2 Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Title II Subtitle A Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act Pub. L. 116-136 UIPL No. 07-23 Announcement of a Grant Opportunity to Support State Unemployment Insurance UI Information Technology IT Modernization Activities Under the 3 American Rescue Plan Act ARPA issued May 26 2023 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories uipl-07-23 UIPL No. 02-22 Change 3 Modifications to the Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 02-22 to Support States Following the Tiger Teams Consultative Assessment issued May 19 2023 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories uipl-02-22-change-3 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 5 Additional Grant Opportunities for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued May 24 2023 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories uipl-23-21-change-5 UIPL No. 23-21 Change 2 Further Extension of Time to Submit Request for Funding under Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 23-21 issued December 20 2021 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no- 23-21-change-2 UIPL No. 23-21 Grant Opportunity for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation UC Programs issued August 17 2021 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no- 23-21 and UIPL No. 22-21 Change 2 Additional American Rescue Plan Act ARPA Funding and Support for States to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance UI Program Integrity including Identity ID Verification Fraud Prevention and Detection and Overpayment Recovery Efforts in All Unemployment Compensation UC Programs and Required and Strongly Recommended Strategies Tools and Services for UI Fraud Risk Mitigation and Improper Payment Reduction issued April 27 2023 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories uipl-22-21-change-2. 7. 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