Opportunity Information: Apply for ETA UI 2025 01
The UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations opportunity is a U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) discretionary funding action to continue operating the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center of Excellence, commonly referred to as the Integrity Center. ETA plans to make this award as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency expects to have ongoing involvement in the work (for example, regular coordination, shared planning, and federal input on deliverables) rather than simply providing funds with minimal engagement. The announcement describes this as a continuation of an existing national capability that has been running for years and is tied directly to federal priorities around reducing improper payments and strengthening fraud prevention in the UI system.
Funding for the effort is supported through continuing FY 2025 appropriations that largely maintain FY 2024 funding levels under the Full Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-7). The notice also points back to the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47), which specifically included $9,000,000 for continued support of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence within the Department of Labor appropriation for State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations. In line with that direction, the award ceiling listed is $9,000,000, and ETA expects to make a single award.
A key feature of this opportunity is that it is a sole source award, meaning ETA intends to fund one specific organization rather than run a fully open competition among many applicants. The intended recipient is the Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in 1994 as the education and research arm of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). NASWA represents state leaders who administer publicly funded workforce programs, and CESER/NASWA has operated the Integrity Center since FY 2017. The notice frames CESER as uniquely positioned due to its longstanding role supporting UI and workforce development initiatives, including technology, training, research, and cross-state collaboration.
The main purpose of continuing the Integrity Center is to help states improve UI program integrity in practical, scalable ways. The work centers on training and technical assistance that states can apply to day-to-day UI operations to reduce improper payments and strengthen prevention and detection of fraud. The Integrity Center is also tasked with developing, maintaining, and sharing UI integrity resources, and with promoting new tools and products that can be transferred and scaled across states, rather than being one-off solutions that only work in a single jurisdiction. Another emphasized function is rapid information sharing: the Integrity Center is expected to enable quick alerts to states when new improper payment tactics or fraud schemes are identified, helping state agencies respond faster and limit losses.
From the source data, the funding opportunity is titled "UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations" with Funding Opportunity Number ETA UI 2025 01. It is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument. The activity category is Employment, Labor and Training, and the CFDA (assistance listing) number provided is 17.225. The posting lists "Others" as eligible applicants, but the narrative makes clear ETA intends to proceed with a sole source award to CESER. The opportunity record shows an original closing date of 2025-09-05, a creation date of 2025-08-25, an award ceiling of $9,000,000, and an expected number of awards of 1.Apply for ETA UI 2025 01
- The Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.225.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $9,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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