# UI Interstate Connection Network

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/eta-ui-2025-02-ui-interstate-connection-network/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360351

> Employment and Training Administration offered grants of up to $39.6 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $39.6 million in total. Applications closed on September 5, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | ETA-UI-2025-02 |
| Agency | Employment and Training Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 5, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $39.6 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $39.6 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 17.225 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Sole Source Award to Center for Employment Security Education and Research.

## What the grant funds

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to award $39.6 million in additional funding to the cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for continued support for the operations of the Interstate Connection Network (ICON) on a sole source basis. Since 1983, ETA has provided funding to support an information technology data hub, ICON, to facilitate the exchange of data among State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) in support of their administration of the UI program and to meet statutorily required access to UI wage record data for performance accountability for workforce programs. Currently, NASWA/CESER oversees the day-to-day activities of ICON including managing the procurement of the contractor that operates and hosts ICON.

## Questions people ask

### Is ETA-UI-2025-02 still open?

No. It closed on September 5, 2025.

### Who can apply for UI Interstate Connection Network?

Employment and Training Administration accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for UI Interstate Connection Network?

Closed September 5, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $39.6 million each. About $39.6 million in total for one award.

### Who has won Unemployment Insurance grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were State of California Employment Development Department, Department of Labor New York, Texas Workforce Commission. The program made 1,421 awards worth $22 billion in that time.