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$94,970,694

Department of Labor·Employment and Training Administration

to STATE OF WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT

laboractive
ACTION DATE2026-03-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_25A55UI000109_1601
Award description

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES 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 STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKLOAD AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROCESS CLAIMS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE OPERATION OF THE STATES 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 HANDLE IMPROPER PAYMENTS. THE STATES 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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In plain English

Fund Washington State's unemployment insurance program operations, including claims processing, staffing, and fraud detection systems.

Sub-sectors
unemployment-insurance-administrationclaims-processingfraud-prevention
Why this matters

Ensures timely and accurate unemployment benefits delivery to claimants while reducing improper payments and fraud losses.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002176.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2027-12-31
Status
activein 594 days
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