Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 28-20, Change 5: Extension of Time to Submit Request for Funding under Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-20, Change 4

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Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 28-20, Change 5, issued October 17, 2022 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration and sent from Acting Assistant Secretary Brent Parton, addressed to State Workforce Agencies. It extends to October 30, 2022 the deadline for states to apply for grants under UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4, which on July 22, 2022 announced $225 million for resolving outstanding items in the CARES Act unemployment compensation programs, including reporting and overpayment detection and recovery. The original deadline was September 23, 2022; the letter says the submission system was down for a temporary period and states may need more time. It recounts three earlier rounds of $100 million each for fraud prevention and overpayment recovery in the PUA and PEUC programs, issued August 31, 2020, January 15, 2021 and August 11, 2021.

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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
October 17, 2022

ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 28-20,
Change 5

TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM: BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT: Extension of Time to Submit Request for Funding under Grant Opportunity
Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-20,
Change 4

1. Purpose. To advise states that the deadline for submitting a grant application to assist states
with reporting and the detection and recovery of overpayments of certain Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment compensation (UC) benefits is
extended to October 30, 2022.

2. Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) requests that State Workforce Agency Administrators
provide information contained in this UIPL to appropriate staff.

3. Summary and Background.

a. Summary – On July 22, 2022, the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4,
advising states of the availability of funding of $225 million for activities to resolve
outstanding items for the CARES Act UC programs, including the reporting and
overpayment detection and recovery activities. In that UIPL, states were advised that
grant applications should be submitted no later than September 23, 2022. The system for
submitting applications was down for a temporary period of time and the Department has
determined that states may need additional time to submit such applications. The
Department is extending the deadline to October 30, 2022.

b. Background – The CARES Act (Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136) was enacted on March
27, 2020, and created new temporary UC programs, including Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC). See UIPL No. 14-20. On
August 31, 2020, the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20, which provided states with
$100 million in funding to assist with efforts to prevent and detect fraud and identity theft
and recover fraud overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs. On January 15, 2021,
the Department issued UIPL No. 28-20, Change 1, to provide states with an additional
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$100 million in funding to support identity verification or validation of PUA claimants
and to assist with efforts to prevent and detect fraud and identity theft, as well as to
recover fraud overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs. On August 11, 2021, the
Department issued UIPL No. 28-20, Change 2, to provide states with a third round of
$100 million in funding to strengthen fraud detection and prevention efforts and the
recovery of overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs.

4. Guidance.

Section 4.a. of UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4, sets out the required actions that states must
complete when applying for a grant under this solicitation. Section 2 of UIPL No. 28-20,
Change 4, provides that the deadline for submission of applications is September 23, 2022.
The system for submitting applications was down for a temporary period of time and the
Department has determined that states may need additional time to review UIPL No. 28-20,
Change 4, and to develop an application in response to the solicitation. Therefore, the
Department is extending the deadline for submission of the grant applications to October 30,
2022. All other guidance and information in UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4, remains the same.

5. Inquiries. States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.

6. References.

• American Rescue Plan Act, Pub L. 117-2, enacted March 11, 2021;
• CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, enacted March 27, 2020;
• CFR Parts 200 and 2900, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; and
• UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4, Support for States to Resolve Outstanding Items from the
Expired Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Unemployment
Compensation (UC) Programs, Including Additional Funding to Assist States with
Reporting and Detection and Recovery of Overpayments, issued July 22, 2022,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-no-28-20-change-4.

7. Attachment(s). None.

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