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Cancellation of four ARPA unemployment guidance changes
Summary ETA cancelled four earlier unemployment insurance guidance changes after Congress rescinded $1 billion in unobligated American Rescue Plan Act funds. The cancelled advisories are UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; No. 23-21, Change 5; No. 02-22, Change 3; and No. 07-23. The letter says the Department would determine future uses of the remaining funds and provide additional guidance as appropriate.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 10-23
Date issued
July 13, 2023
Status
Active
The letter prints a Continuing expiration designation and expressly rescinds UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5; UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3; and UIPL No. 07-23.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Unemployment Insurance
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI/DPM
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
July 13, 2023
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 10-23
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Cancellation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Related Guidance,
including Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 22-21, Change
2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5; UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3; and UIPL No. 07-23.
1. Purpose. To cancel UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5; UIPL No. 02-
22, Change 3; and UIPL No. 07-23.
2. Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (the Department) Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) requests that State Workforce Agency Administrators
provide information contained in this UIPL to the appropriate state staff.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary – This UIPL cancels UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5;
UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3; and UIPL No. 07-23. The Department will determine the
future uses of the remaining ARPA funds and will provide additional guidance, as
appropriate.
b. Background – On March 11, 2021, the President signed ARPA into law (Public Law
(Pub. L.) 117-2). Section 9032, ARPA, created a new Section 2118 of the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136) and provided for a
$2,000,000,000 appropriation to the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to: (1) detect and
prevent fraud, (2) to promote equitable access, and (3) to ensure timely payment of
benefits to eligible workers with respect to unemployment compensation (UC) programs.
ARPA describes allowable uses of these funds, including awarding grants for such
purposes to states and territories administering UC programs and for systemwide
infrastructure investment and development.
On June 3, 2023, the President signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
(FRA) (Pub. L. 118-5). Section 24 of Title I of Division B of FRA, permanently rescinds
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5; Continuing
UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3; UIPL No. 07-23
$1,000,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amounts made available by Section
2118(a) of Title II of Division A of the CARES Act, as added by Section 9032 of ARPA.
4. Guidance.
a. Due to the permanent rescission in FRA of $1,000,000,000 of the unobligated ARPA
funds made available to the Department, the Department is canceling the following
guidance.
• UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2, Additional American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding
and Support for States to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program
Integrity, including Identity (ID) Verification, Fraud Prevention and Detection, and
Overpayment Recovery Efforts in All Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs
and Required and Strongly Recommended Strategies, Tools, and Services for UI
Fraud Risk Mitigation and Improper Payment Reduction;
• UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5, Additional Grant Opportunities for Promoting Equitable
Access to Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs;
• UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3, Modifications to the Grant Opportunity Announced in
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 02-22, to Support States
Following the Tiger Teams Consultative Assessment; and
• UIPL No. 07-23, Announcement of a Grant Opportunity to Support State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Activities
Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
The Department will determine the future uses of the remaining ARPA funds and will
provide additional guidance, as appropriate.
b. Applications for Equity Grants provided under UIPL No. 23-21 were due by December
31, 2021 (see UIPL No. 23-21, Change 2). Since this time, some states have continued to
revise their applications to be fully responsive to the solicitation after having submitted
them to the Department. Effective July 14, 2023, the Department will not process any
additional applications and no funding will be awarded for applications that have not
been deemed fully responsive by that date.
5. Inquiries. States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
6. References.
• Division B, Title I, Section 24, of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023;
• American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), including Title IX, Subtitle A, Crisis
Support for Unemployed Workers (Pub. L. 117-2);
• Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Title II, Subtitle A –
Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (Pub. L. 116-136);
• UIPL No. 07-23, Announcement of a Grant Opportunity to Support State Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Activities Under the
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), issued May 26, 2023,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-07-23;
• UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3, Modifications to the Grant Opportunity Announced in
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 02-22, to Support States Following
the Tiger Teams Consultative Assessment, issued May 19, 2023,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-02-22-change-3;
• UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5, Additional Grant Opportunities for Promoting Equitable
Access to Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs, issued May 24, 2023,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-23-21-change-5;
• UIPL No. 23-21, Change 2, Further Extension of Time to Submit Request for Funding
under Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter
(UIPL) No. 23-21, issued December 20, 2021,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no-
23-21-change-2;
• UIPL No. 23-21, Grant Opportunity for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment
Compensation (UC) Programs, issued August 17, 2021,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no-
23-21; and
• UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2, Additional American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding and
Support for States to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program Integrity,
including Identity (ID) Verification, Fraud Prevention and Detection, and Overpayment
Recovery Efforts in All Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs and Required and
Strongly Recommended Strategies, Tools, and Services for UI Fraud Risk Mitigation and
Improper Payment Reduction, issued April 27, 2023,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-22-21-change-2.
7. Attachments. None.
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