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UI Integrity Center of Excellence Operations
Employment and Training Administration · ETA-UI-2026-01 · Deadline: September 25, 2026 · Advertised ceiling: $9M
Program-level history — this opportunity doesn't publish per-opportunity awards, so these numbers describe its parent program (CFDA 17.225, Unemployment Insurance), not this competition alone. Labeled that way on purpose.
56 unique recipients in the sample; 55 repeat winners.
range $1k – $382.4M
Ask-amount guidance
Applicants here typically receive far less than the advertised ceiling: the program median is $1.4M against a $9M ceiling (16%). Budgets far above the median need a story; budgets far below leave money on the table.
Draw-down reality (program)
Across 250 completed awards in this program (FY2021+ sample, USAspending outlay records), grantees ultimately drew a median 100% of obligated funds. A median well under 100% means underspend or early closure is common here — worth knowing before promising a spend-down timeline.
Listing summary
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…
Eligibility: Others · Categories: Employment, Labor and Training · official listing ↗
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Sources: NIH RePORTER (opportunity-exact) and USAspending (program-level), labeled per section. GrantsDue computes summaries only; verify anything critical against the originals. Methodology.