UIPL 13-24 (Accessible PDF).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 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 13-24TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM JOS JAVIER RODR GUEZ s 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 202Q appropriation. Summary of cY 202Q 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 202S. 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 2030I 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.