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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$87,630,264

Department of Labor·Employment and Training Administration

to STATE OF WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT

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ACTION DATE2026-02-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_UI393552355A53_1601
Award description

AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES 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. DELIVERABLES 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 STATE'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY FRAUDULENT CLAIMS AND REDUCE IMPROPER PAYMENT RATES IS MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED. INTENDED BENEFICIARY UNEMPLOYED 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

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

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

Ensures timely and accurate unemployment benefits delivery to jobless workers, critical for economic stability during downturns.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002194.

Period of performance
Start
2022-10-01
End
2025-12-31
Status
expired136 days ago
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