Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines
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- Posted
- September 30, 2026
- Closes
- October 30, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $457,710,985
- Award floor
- $1,891,183
- Program funding
- $2,632,033,000
- Expected awards
- 53
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 17.225
- Category
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Archives
- November 30, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 17.225 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $2.7B
- FY2026 obligated
- $816.9M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 587
Top recipients: State of California Employment Development Department, Department of Labor New York, Texas Workforce Commission, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
This UIPL is to provide states with information about preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Unemployment Insurance (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. Questions regarding this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) may be emailed to Rahel Bizuayene ([email protected]).
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- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and the Virgin Islands.
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