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$384,557,556

Department of Labor·Employment and Training Administration
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ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_26A55UI000151_1601
Award description

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE STATE IS FOR COSTS INCURRED FOR THE OPERATION OF THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM. THIS INCLUDES THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKLOAD AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROCESS CLAIMS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE OPERATION OF THE STATE?S CLAIMANT SYSTEMS AS WELL AS STAFFING LEVELS AND OVERHEAD COSTS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE STATE IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE REGARDING THE TIMELINESS AND QUALITY OF PROCESSING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS, AS WELL AS EFFECTIVELY HANDLING IMPROPER PAYMENTS. THE STATE?S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY FRAUDULENT CLAIMS AND REDUCE IMPROPER PAYMENT RATES IS MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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Funds California's unemployment insurance program operations, claims processing, and fraud detection systems.

Sub-sectors
social-safety-networkforce-administration

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001190.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2028-12-31
Status
activein 961 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_26A55UI000151_1601.

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