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Fiscal 2019 state UI allocations and budget requests
Summary ETA gave states final fiscal 2019 unemployment insurance administration allocations and explained above-base funding and supplemental budget requests. The attachment lists each state’s allocation. The PDF expired September 30, 2025, although ETA’s listing still says Active.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 08-19
Date issued
February 27, 2019
Status
Unknown
ETA’s listing marks this letter Active, but its accessible PDF prints an expiration date of September 30, 2025. The sources do not reconcile the past date with the listing label.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
ADVISORY SYSTEM
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OUI/DFAS
DATE
Washington, D.C. 20210
February 27, 2019
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 0 8-19
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: MOLLY E. CONWAY /s/
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 State Agency Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Resource Allocations, Supplemental Budget Requests
(SBRs), and Above-Base Funding
1. Purpose. To provide information to states about FY 2019 UI State Administration base
resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and
SBRs.
2. Action Requested. State Administrators are requested to provide copies of this
information to the appropriate staff.
3. Summary and Background. The Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L.
115-245) providing the Department of Labor with FY 2019 appropriations for state UI
operations was enacted on September 28, 2018. The table below summarizes the average
weekly insured unemployment (AWIU) levels and federal funding amounts for State
Administration, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEAs), and
National Activities corresponding to the FY 2019 President’s Budget request and the FY
2019 appropriation.
Summary of FY 2019 UI Budget Authority
Budget Request Appropriation Difference
AWIU Contingency Trigger 1,860,000 2,030,000 170,000
State Administration $2,362,816,000 $2,365,816,000 $3,000,000
RESEA $130,000,000 $150,000,000 $20,000,000
National Activities $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $0
Total $2,504,816,000 $2,527,816,000 $23,000,000
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None September 30, 2025
The appropriation provides that these funds are available for obligation by the states
through December 31, 2019, except that funds used for automation or competitive grants
awarded to states for improved operations and to conduct in-person reemployment and
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews and to
provide reemployment services and referrals to training, as appropriate, are available for
obligation by the states through September 30, 2021. In addition, if the automation is being
carried out through a consortium of states, the funds are available for obligation by the
states through September 30, 2024, and must be expended by September 30, 2025. Funding
of $9,000,000 for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence is available
for obligation by the state through September 30, 2020.
4. Final Base Allocations. The final FY 2019 base allocations are identical to the planning
targets developed using a 1.7 million AWIU trigger level. The table on Attachment I shows
the full FY 2019 base allocations for each state.
5. Above-Base Administration.
a. Above-Base and Contingency Funding. The FY 2019 appropriation is estimated to be
sufficient to provide adequate resources for workloads associated with an AWIU of
1.860 million. Under current projections, this appropriation will allow 100 percent
reimbursement of above-base administrative expenses. If the actual workload levels
increase and approach an AWIU level that exceeds 1.860 million, the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) may need to reconsider the reimbursements level for
above-base administrative expenses.
b. Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). Administrative costs for the
expired EUC program will continue to be based on quarterly EUC workloads and
funded through the UI-3 process. EUC administrative funding is subject to a
sequestration reduction of 6.2 percent as described in the OMB Report to the Congress
on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2019.
c. Support. The overhead rate for above-base state UI, Trade Adjustment Assistance,
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, and Reemployment Trade Adjustment
Assistance administration remains at 19 percent.
d. Postage. Above-base funding for postage will be issued to states on a quarterly basis
using the above-base weeks claimed as reported on the UI-3 reports. For any quarter,
regular state program above-base weeks claimed will be those in excess of 25 percent
of the FY 2019 base weeks claimed issued in the planning targets. All Trade program
and Additional Benefit program weeks claimed reported on the UI-3 are also
considered above-base weeks claimed. The above-base postage will be paid at 33.0
cents per above-base week claimed.
e. Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA) Redeterminations. Currently, there are no
court decisions on the TRA program that would require states to make monetary
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redeterminations. In the event that such a decision is issued, states should follow the
UI-3 reporting instructions in ET Handbook No. 336, 18th Edition.
6. Supplemental Budget Requests (SBRs). Generally, instructions for SBRs are provided
through UI Program Letters. The State Quality Service Plan Handbook also contains SBR
instructions and procedures for SBRs. Pending funding availability, states may submit a
Standard Form (SF) 424 (OMB Approval No. 4040-0004) and SF-424A (OMB Approval
No. 0348-0444) for additional funds for certain types of administrative costs that are not
funded within the states’ base and above-base grants and may include:
a. Special Projects. FY 2019 funding for RESEAs will be provided to states to continue
activities in accordance with each state’s approved FY 2019 RESEA program.
b. Submission Requirements. To achieve greater efficiency and as part of ETA’s ongoing
effort to streamline the grant award process, SBR submissions must be made using an
electronically signed copy of the SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance, and the
SF-424A - Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs, through Grants.gov
(https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms.html). Additional information on use of
Grants.gov for SBR submission will be included in guidance announcing SBR
opportunities.
c. Travel. Travel reimbursements are available for Benefit Accuracy Measurement Peer
Reviews, Tax Performance System reviews, and other opportunities announced through
program advisories. States should provide travel estimates and reimbursement requests
to the appropriate regional office rather than submitting an SF 424 for these travel
dollars.
7. Nationally Funded Activities. As provided in the State Unemployment Insurance and
Employment Service Operations appropriation, the U.S. Department of Labor will make
payments, on behalf of the states, to the entities operating the National Directory of New
Hires and the State Information Data Exchange System for use by the states.
8. State Flexibility. All state UI administrative grant funds must be used in accordance with
Section 303(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and the cost principles contained in
2 C.F.R. Part 200 and 2 C.F.R. Part 2900, referred to as the Uniform Guidance. Beyond
this, states have discretion to expend these grant funds as they deem appropriate and
necessary to manage and operate their UI programs to meet established goals and
requirements within the parameters of the SSA and the appropriation. The only caveat is
that states must use the annual allocated staff-year level for claims activities for above-base
reporting purposes. This ensures that states do not earn more above-base resources than
they otherwise would have been entitled to earn. This flexibility does not apply to funding
provided for special projects or supplemental budget requests; funding for these purposes
must be spent in accordance with the spending plans approved for these respective projects.
9. Inquiries. Questions are to be submitted to the appropriate regional office.
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10. References.
Section 303(a)(8) of the Social Security Act;
42 U.S.C. Section 503(a)(8);
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law (Pub. L.) 115-245;
2 C.F.R. Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards, Final Rule;
2 C.F.R. Part 2900, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (Department of Labor);
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Report to the Congress on the Joint
Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2019 (February 12, 2018);
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 10-18, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Planning Targets
and Guidelines, issued August 6, 2018;
UIPL No. 01-19, Implementation of Sequestration under the Budget Control Act of
2011 for Mandatory Unemployment Insurance Programs for Fiscal Year 2019, issued
December 12, 2018;
UIPL No. 12-18, Additional Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality Service Plan (SQSP), issued August 17,
2018; and
Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 336, 18th Edition (April 2014),
Unemployment Insurance State Quality Service Plan (SQSP), Planning and Reporting
Guidelines.
11. Attachment.
I. FY 2019 State UI Administration Base Allocations
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Attachment 1 (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2019/UIPL_8-19_Attachment-1_Acc.pdf)
Attachment I
State UI Administration Base Allocations
FY 2019
Administration Postage Total
National Total 2,177,472,000 107,509,000 2,284,981,000
Alabama 24,277,512 1,038,336 25,315,848
Alaska 20,842,457 468,167 21,310,624
Arizona 30,681,209 1,469,381 32,150,590
Arkansas 16,703,035 780,116 17,483,151
California 298,508,381 19,378,021 317,886,402
Colorado 31,281,945 1,599,958 32,881,903
Connecticut 40,682,020 1,930,524 42,612,544
Delaware 7,505,866 337,227 7,843,093
Dist. of Columbia 8,420,431 462,776 8,883,207
Florida 73,333,164 3,446,376 76,779,540
Georgia 53,719,308 1,969,747 55,689,055
Hawaii 12,056,347 430,465 12,486,812
Idaho 12,250,360 489,344 12,739,704
Illinois 132,530,721 5,460,460 137,991,181
Indiana 30,773,461 1,399,021 32,172,482
Iowa 23,332,560 1,174,256 24,506,816
Kansas 15,856,582 743,529 16,600,111
Kentucky 23,651,000 1,115,388 24,766,388
Louisiana 23,661,361 1,013,759 24,675,120
Maine 11,901,165 424,183 12,325,348
Maryland 46,006,503 1,828,245 47,834,748
Massachusetts 53,557,866 3,511,521 57,069,387
Michigan 104,878,761 3,095,089 107,973,850
Minnesota 34,779,899 2,249,594 37,029,493
Mississippi 16,566,924 581,452 17,148,376
Missouri 29,821,900 1,609,736 31,431,636
Montana 7,590,441 450,971 8,041,412
Nebraska 13,301,927 427,607 13,729,534
Nevada 22,080,460 1,045,668 23,126,128
New Hampshire 10,110,520 294,616 10,405,136
New Jersey 91,330,490 4,926,492 96,256,982
New Mexico 12,145,180 596,414 12,741,594
New York 155,484,786 8,011,460 163,496,246
North Carolina 46,242,847 1,655,769 47,898,616
North Dakota 6,379,365 319,755 6,699,120
Ohio 64,664,902 3,126,448 67,791,350
Oklahoma 19,335,401 986,680 20,322,081
Oregon 42,912,073 1,597,686 44,509,759
Pennsylvania 105,302,394 5,979,153 111,281,547
Puerto Rico 11,606,071 1,053,667 12,659,738
Rhode Island 11,424,791 498,657 11,923,448
South Carolina 25,444,949 974,539 26,419,488
South Dakota 4,333,333 178,833 4,512,166
Tennessee 28,127,679 1,040,758 29,168,437
Texas 121,940,849 7,934,291 129,875,140
Utah 21,421,992 665,913 22,087,905
Vermont 6,426,015 260,710 6,686,725
Virgin Islands 1,501,800 32,588 1,534,388
Virginia 33,907,446 1,820,657 35,728,103
Washington 68,647,922 2,815,314 71,463,236
West Virginia 9,517,071 616,388 10,133,459
Wisconsin 51,413,047 1,945,982 53,359,029
Wyoming 7,297,511 245,313 7,542,824
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