UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations

Employment and Training Administration

Funding

Estimated total program funding: $9,000,000

About

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to award a cooperative agreement to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies' Center for Employment Security Education and Research (NASWA/CESER) for continued operations of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center of Excellence (Integrity Center). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75) provides Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding for federal agencies and provides "... $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence... ." as part of the Department of Labor's appropriation for State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations. The UI Integrity Center has been operated by the NASWA/CESER since FY 2017. NASWA/CESER is a 501(c)(3) entity incorporated in August 1994 as an education and research arm of the NASWA, which is a national organization of state administrators of the publicly-funded state workforce system and is a leading provider of information technology, education, and research support focused exclusively on UI and workforce development initiatives and activities. The primary mission of the UI Integrity Center is to provide training and technical assistance to states to improve UI program integrity; develop and disseminate UI program integrity resources and promote innovative new tools and products that are transferable and scalable for all states to prevent UI improper payments and enhance fraud prevention solutions; and enable rapid alerts to states on new improper payment practices and fraud schemes as they are identified.

Eligibility

Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 25

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What an applicant must verify for UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations

Applicant evidence

Applicant type: Other eligible applicants

Opportunity boundaries

Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $9,000,000
Recorded deadline: September 26, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.

Do not infer missing fields: geographic eligibility. Absence from this directory record is not evidence that a restriction does not exist.

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How to apply for UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

• Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 25.
• Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
• Notice summary: Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research

Focus areas: ELT

Recorded deadline

September 25, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.

2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.

3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.

4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Sep 16, 2026.