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NOI-ETA-21-01: UI Interstate Connection Network (ICON) – Continued Support

Closed Closed Opportunity NOI-ETA-21-01 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Employment and Training Administration notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$33.6 million
• Total funding$33.6 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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

NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. This NOI is to provide public notice of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Unemployment Insurance awards averaged $15.6 million; this notice allows up to $33.6 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (89% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s ETA intends to provide funding to an existing 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) without full and open competition, to extend the implementation of the program and its funding capacity. Authority: DLMS 2, Chapter 830, Section 836 (G): Services are available from only one responsible source and no substitute will suffice; or the recipient has unique qualifications to perform the type of activity to be funded. It is necessary to fund a recipient that has an established relationship with the agency in order to maintain an existing facility or capability to furnish services or benefits of particular significance to the agency on a long-term basis.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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