Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grants | ETA RESEA UIPL 12 25

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grants (Funding Opportunity Number: ETA RESEA UIPL 12 25) is a U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant opportunity that sets out how RESEA will be funded and run in FY 2025. It is issued as a Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL), which functions as the federal operating playbook for states and territories administering the program. The core purpose is to support structured, in-person or otherwise guided engagements with UI claimants that both improve reemployment outcomes and strengthen UI program integrity by confirming ongoing eligibility and connecting claimants to reemployment services.

The guidance covers several major areas that states must follow to receive and use RESEA funds. It lays out definitions for RESEA-specific terms so that states apply the same meaning to key concepts across program design and reporting. It also explains the FY 2025 funding approach, including the base-funding formula used to determine each state or territory allotment, the availability and logic of outcome payments (payments tied to results), and the evaluation set-aside costs that support learning and evidence-building. In practice, this means grantees should expect their total funding to be shaped not only by an allocation formula but also by performance-related components and required evaluation planning.

On program design, the UIPL describes required elements of an acceptable RESEA model. While the specific mechanics are set by the guidance, the intent is that RESEA sessions are not just a quick eligibility check; they are structured interventions that include eligibility assessments paired with meaningful reemployment assistance. This typically involves claimant engagement, review of UI eligibility factors, and connection to job-search supports and workforce system services, with an emphasis on approaches that are proven or promising. States are expected to design RESEA in a way that is consistent statewide, targeted to appropriate claimant populations, and capable of being monitored and improved over time.

On operations and administration, the UIPL addresses how the program should be staffed and carried out, including the involvement of UI agency staff and how RESEA activities interface with the broader workforce system. It also sets expectations for performance reporting, meaning states must track and report what they did, who they served, and what outcomes were achieved. The operational guidance is meant to ensure RESEA is implemented with sufficient oversight and consistency, and that ETA can evaluate results across jurisdictions using comparable data.

A significant focus is placed on evidence-based interventions and evaluation. The guidance highlights the expectation that states use interventions supported by evidence where possible and participate in evaluation activities, including reserving funds or capacity for evaluation-related requirements. The evaluation emphasis reflects a federal priority to document what works, improve program effectiveness, and ensure that resources are directed to strategies that actually help people return to work while maintaining UI eligibility compliance.

Finally, the UIPL explains the RESEA State Plan submission process. States and territories must submit a plan describing how they will operate RESEA in FY 2025, how they will use their funding, how they will meet program requirements, and how they will report performance and support evaluation. The plan functions as the primary accountability document tying funds to a specific operating approach and measurable expectations.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses a grant funding instrument. It falls under the Employment, Labor and Training activity category and is associated with CFDA number 17.225. Eligible applicants are State Workforce Agencies, including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands. The opportunity was created on 2025-06-11 and has an original closing date of 2025-07-10. The expected number of awards is 53, and the listed award ceiling is 73,713,119.

• The Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.225.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-06-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $73,713,119.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 53 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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