ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS · GRANT
Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines
Employment and Training Administration · Employment, Labor and Training
- Deadline
- Oct 30, 2026 (6 days left)
- Who can apply
- Others
- Award range
- $1.9 million to $458 million
- Expected awards
- 53
- Total program funding
- $2.6 billion
- Your own money required
- No cost sharing or matching required
- Opportunity number
- ETA-UIPL-15-26
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 17.225
More on who can apply
States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and the Virgin Islands.
What it funds
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 (bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov).
Open the official notice on Grants.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on Grants.gov and download the full announcement (the NOFO) and any attachments.
- Check you can apply: the eligible applicants above, and any detail in the notice's eligibility section.
- Register your organization in SAM.gov (choose "all awards") and create a Grants.gov account; allow several weeks the first time.
- Apply through Grants.gov exactly as the notice says, before Oct 30, 2026. Late applications are usually not accepted.
New to this? Applying for a federal grant, step by step · Register to apply · How to read the notice · Write the narrative · Build the budget · Agency contact: Bizuayene.Rahel@dol.gov
From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.