To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2025 (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026).

To provide states with information about preliminary FY 2026 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with advance notice of the upcoming permanent transition of the UIR and BAM applications from UIDBMS to UIRS; to provide instructions to SWAs on how to submit data to UIRS; and to advise SWAs that effective December 6, 2025, all states must transmit their UIR data only through UIRS and BAM data only through UIRS starting December 27, 2025.

To initiate the FY 2026 SQSP process and define additional requirements relevant to the FY.
 

To remind states of procedural requirements when funds are returned by a bank or financial institution and to provide guidance to states regarding the methodology states must use to allocate returned funds across Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs when no identifying claim information is available. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) also provides additional information and clarification regarding the reporting of overpayment activities on Unemployment Insurance (UI) Required Reports.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2025 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit RESEA State Plans.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 – September 30, 2025 (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
 

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2025 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025).

To inform states that applications for additional scenarios for blanket waivers of recoveries of established overpayments under Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 20-21, Change 1, will no longer be accepted as of the publication date of this UIPL.

To advise states that to remain eligible for participation in NIDVO and have the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) directly cover at least two years of transaction costs subject to funding availability, states must implement one or both of the NIDVO services no later than December 31, 2025. To successfully deploy prior to this deadline, as described in more detail below, a state should begin the implementation process no later than October 20, 2025.