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Fiscal Year 2026 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Grants
Employment and Training Administration
Award ceiling
$84,623,334
Award floor
$498,400
Program funding
$415,630,000
- Opportunity #
- ETA-RESEA-UIPL-13-26
- Agency
- Employment and Training Administration
- ALN (CFDA)
- 17.225
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jul 29, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 28, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and the Virgin Islands.
Synopsis
This UIPL provides general operating guidance for the RESEA program for FY 2026: (a) definitions for RESEA-specific terms; (b) funding details, including the base-funding formula for state grants, outcome payments, and evaluation set-aside costs; (c) program design requirements; (d) program operations, including the involvement of UI agency staff and performance reporting requirements; (e) evidence-based interventions and evaluation requirements; and (f) the RESEA State Plan submission process. Questions regarding this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) may be emailed to Rahel Bizuayene (bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov).
Contact
Employment and Training Administration · Bizuayene.Rahel@dol.gov