UIPL 13-24.pdf

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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 DFAS DATE June 24 2024RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE December 31 2031 ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 13-24 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM JOS JAVIER RODR GUEZ Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Guidelines f or Fiscal Year FY 2024 State Agency Unemployment Insurance UI Resource Allocations Supplemental Budget Requests SBRs and Above-Base Funding 1.Purpose. To provide inf ormation to states about FY 2024 UI State Administration base resource allocations general guidelines f or resource planning above-base f unding and SBRs. 2.Action Requested. State Administrators are requested to provide copies of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL to the appropriate staf f . 3.Summary and Background. The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 H.R. 2882 P.L. 118-364 which was enacted on March 23 2024 provides the U.S Department of Labor Department with FY 2024 appropriations f or state UI operations. The table below summarizes the average weekly insured unemployment AWIU levels and dollar amounts corresponding to the FY 2024 President s Budget request and the FY 2024 appropriation. Summary of FY 2024 UI Budget Authority Budget Request Appropriation Difference AWIU Contingency Trigger 2 365 000 3 075 000 710 000 State Administration 2 956 318 000 2 759 635 000 - 196 683 000 RESEA Integrity 550 000 000 382 000 000 - 168 000 000 National Activities 173 255 000 18 000 000 - 155 255 000 Total 3 679 573 000 3 159 635 000 - 519 938 000 The appropriation provides that these f unds are available f or obligation by the states through with exceptions as f ollows December 31 2024. The appropriation extends states obligation availability f or funds used f or automation or competitive grants awarded to states f or improved operations and Reemployment Services and Eligibility Act RESEA grants through September 30 2026. If the automation is being carried out through a consortium of states the f unds are available f or obligation by the states through September 30 2030 and must be expended by September 30 2031. Funding f or the Unemployment Insurance 2 Integrity Center of Excellence is available f or obligation by the state through September 30 2025. 4. Details. Final Base Administration Allocations. The f inal FY 2024 base allocations are identical to the planning targets developed at a 1 800 000 AWIU level as published in UIPL No. 13-23. The attached table shows the total f ull FY 2024 base allocations f or each state. Above-Base Administration. a. Above-Base and Contingency Funding. The Employment and Training Administration ETA estimates the FY 2024 appropriation will be insuf f icient to provide f or f ull f unding of states above-base administrative earnings. ETA provided above base f unding at 0.50 per 1.00 earned f or the f irst quarter of FY 2024 and plans to continue to provide above-base f unding at this rate f or the remaining three quarters. Additional f unding if available will be included along with the FY 2024 f ourth quarter above-base distributions. In addition the AWIU contingency trigger which is set to 3 075 000 is f ar higher than the Department s latest estimated AWIU f or FY 2024 set at 2 042 000 based on the economic assumptions used to develop the FY 2025 President s Budget. As a result no additional contingency f unding is likely to be available in FY 2024. b. Administrative Funding f or Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security CARES Act Programs. Funding f or ongoing administrative costs f or certain CARES Act programs will be addressed through f orthcoming guidance which will be issued though a separate UIPL. c. Support. The overhead f or above-base state UI Trade Readjustment Allowances TRA Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance ATAA and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance RTAA administration remains at 19 percent. d. Postage. Since FY 2007 ETA has as possible provided above-base f unding f or postage directly to state workf orce agencies based on the number of weeks claimed workloads not included in the base allocations. In recent years unprecedented volatility in workload volumes and insufficient f unding levels has f orced ETA to withhold postage f unding on above-base workloads. Based on the current state of above-base administrative f unding ETA will once again withhold postage f rom states above-base distributions. If additional f unding is available at the end of the year ETA will f irst prioritize making up partial payments f or above-base earnings bef ore providing any above base postage f unding. e. Trade Readjustment Allowance TRA Redeterminations. Currently there are no court decisions on the TRA program that would require the states to make monetary redeterminations. If one occurs states must f ollow the UI-3 reporting instructions in Employment and Training ET Handbook No. 336 18th Edition Change 4. 3 Supplemental Budget Requests SBRs . Instructions f or SBRs are provided mostly through UIPLs. The S tate Qual ity Service Plan Handbook also contains SBR instructions and procedures f or SBRs. Pending f unding availability states may submit a Standard Form SF 424 Of f ice of Management and Budget OMB Approval No. 4040 -0004 and SF 424A OMB Approval No. 0348 -0444 f or additional f unds f or certain types of administrative costs listed below that are not f unded within the states base and above -base grants. a. Special Projects . FY 202 4 f unding f or Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments RESEAs will be provided to states to administer these activities in accordance wi th UIPL No. 08 -24 and each state s approved FY 202 4 RESEA state plan . b. Submission Requirements . T o achieve greater ef f iciency and as part of ETA s ongoing ef f ort to streamline the grant award process SBR submissions must be made using an electronically signed copy of the SF -424 Application f or Federal Assistance and the SF -424A Budget Inf ormation f or Non -Construction Programs through Grants.gov https www.grants.gov f orms . Additional inf ormation on use of Grants.gov f or SBR submission will be included in any guidance announcing SBR opportunities . c. Travel . Travel dollars are available f or Benef it Accuracy Measurement Peer Reviews National Review of States UI Appeals Quarterly Self -Evaluations and Tax Performance System reviews. States should provide travel estimate s and reimbursement requests to the appropriate Regional Of f ice rather than submitting a SF 424 f or these travel dollars. Nationally Funded Activities . As provided in the State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations appropriation the Department will make payments on behalf of the states to the entities operating the National Directory of New Hires and the State Inf ormation Data Exchange System f or use by the states. State Flexibility . All state UI administrative grant f unds must be used in accordance with applicable Federal law including Section 303 a 8 of the Social Security Act SSA and the cost principles contained in 2 C.F.R. Part 200 and 2 C .F.R. Part 2900. States have f lexibility to expend grant f unds as they deem appropriate and necessary to manage and operate their UI programs to meet established goals and requirements within the parameters of Federal law . The only limitation is that states must use the annual allocated staf f -year level f or claims activities f or above -base reporting purposes. This ensures that states do not earn more above - base resources than they otherwise would have been entitled to earn. This f lexibility does not pertain to f unding issued f or special project s or SBR s f unding f or these purpose s must be spent in accordance with the spending plans approved f or these respective projects. 5. Inquiries . Questions are to be submitted to the appropriate ETA Regional Of f ice . 6. References . Section 303 a 8 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. Section 503 a 8 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 202 4 Public Law Pub. L. 11 8-47 4 2 C.F.R. Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards Final Rule 2 C.F.R Part 2900 Uniform Administrative Requirements Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards U.S. Department of Labor OMB Report to the Congress on the BBEDCA 251A Sequestration f or Fiscal Year 202 4 March 13 202 4 Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 08 -24 Fiscal Year FY 202 4 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance UI Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments RESEA Grants issued February 21 202 4 and UIPL No. 08 -24 Change 1 Corrected Attachment to UIPL No. 08 -24 issued March 22 2024 UIPL No. 13 -23 Fiscal Year FY 202 4 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance UI Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines issued September 13 202 3 UIPL No. 07 -24 Implementation of Sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011 BCA for Mandatory Unemployment Insurance Programs for Fiscal Year 202 4 issued January 25 202 4 UIPL No. 09-23 Additional Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Year FY 202 4 Unemployment Insurance UI State Quality Service Plan SQSP issued June 30 202 3 and ETA Handbook No. 336 18 th Edition March 2019 Unemployment Insurance State Quality Service Plan SQSP Planning and Reporting Guidelines . 7. Attachment . Attachment I State UI Base A dministrative Grants FY 202 4. Attachment I I-1 State UI Base Administrative Grants - FY2024 Administration Postage Total Base National Totals 2 499 052 000 116 288 000 2 615 340 000 Alabama 25 753 603 627 153 26 380 756 Alaska 24 040 902 371 761 24 412 663 Arizona 36 174 778 1 330 188 37 504 966 Arkansas 17 407 052 674 670 18 081 722 California 338 846 600 24 709 524 363 556 124 Colorado 37 934 743 1 983 616 39 918 359 Connecticut 45 315 162 1 823 180 47 138 342 Delaware 8 752 014 314 480 9 066 494 District of Columbia 9 090 933 460 878 9 551 811 Florida 79 527 483 4 128 410 83 655 893 Georgia 52 239 949 3 016 779 55 256 728 Hawaii 14 443 198 531 908 14 975 106 Idaho 14 565 136 482 883 15 048 019 Illinois 148 149 071 5 459 208 153 608 279 Indiana 41 242 515 1 580 618 42 823 133 Iowa 27 211 308 897 155 28 108 463 Kansas 20 136 738 657 338 20 794 076 Kentucky 29 069 842 900 083 29 969 925 Louisiana 24 947 955 987 256 25 935 211 Maine 14 020 319 434 071 14 454 390 Maryland 55 987 715 1 460 824 57 448 539 Massachusetts 55 487 356 3 649 718 59 137 074 Michigan 131 360 842 3 097 664 134 458 506 Minnesota 41 988 541 2 841 839 44 830 380 Mississippi 20 308 026 461 115 20 769 141 Missouri 39 049 850 1 444 209 40 494 059 Montana 7 890 090 415 840 8 305 930 Nebraska 14 198 130 401 334 14 599 464 Nevada 23 350 214 1 147 856 24 498 070 New Hampshire 10 917 468 276 192 11 193 660 New Jersey 117 938 648 7 206 070 125 144 718 New Mexico 13 813 698 767 212 14 580 910 New York 163 746 137 9 561 266 173 307 403 North Carolina 51 179 878 1 823 154 53 003 032 North Dakota 7 374 431 236 776 7 611 207 Ohio 73 682 288 2 743 185 76 425 473 Oklahoma 21 462 471 961 912 22 424 383 Oregon 46 151 568 1 792 183 47 943 751 Pennsylvania 119 640 584 5 006 113 124 646 697 Puerto Rico 12 023 986 967 121 12 991 107 Rhode Island 13 143 645 556 568 13 700 213 South Carolina 27 026 897 1 027 042 28 053 939 Attachment I I-2 South Dakota 4 720 927 177 459 4 898 386 Tennessee 33 927 687 1 156 321 35 084 008 Texas 142 532 348 7 377 460 149 909 808 Utah 22 144 698 718 069 22 862 767 Vermont 8 014 600 230 841 8 245 441 Virgin Islands 1 640 345 43 710 1 684 055 Virginia 40 105 445 1 762 714 41 868 159 Washington 87 698 620 3 008 790 90 707 410 West Virginia 10 649 664 497 852 11 147 516 Wisconsin 63 189 134 1 914 001 65 103 135 Wyoming 7 836 768 184 431 8 021 199