Federal grants to Georgia Department of Labor
Georgia Department of Labor in Atlanta, Georgia received $401 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 56 awards. Its largest program was Unemployment Insurance, with $362 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $74.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$401 million
- Awards56
- Awarded in FY 2025$74.6 million
- Largest award$75.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 13 | $183 million |
| FY 2022 | 12 | $100 million |
| FY 2023 | 16 | $70.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | -$27.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 17 | $74.6 million |
Programs that fund Georgia Department of Labor
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment Insurance | 33 | $362 million |
| Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities | 2 | $13.4 million |
| Jobs for Veterans State Grants | 2 | $11.8 million |
| Labor Force Statistics | 5 | $8.2 million |
| Reentry Employment Opportunities | 1 | $4.0 million |
| Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program (WOTC) | 5 | $2.9 million |
| Temporary Labor Certification for Foreign Workers | 3 | $1.9 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Labor | 56 | $401 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment insurance | Unemployment Insurance | November 3, 2020 | $75.8 million |
| Award purpose the purpose of this grant is to administer the state's unemployment insurance program activities. Activities performed funding provided to the state is for costs incurred for the operation of their unemployment insurance program. This includes the state's unemployment insurance adminis | Unemployment Insurance | November 1, 2022 | $62.0 million |
| Purpose: the purpose of this grant is to administer the states unemployment insurance program activities.activities to be performed: funding provided to the state is for costs incurred for the operation of their unemployment insurance program. This includes the states unemployment insurance administ | Unemployment Insurance | October 26, 2023 | $60.6 million |
| Purpose: the purpose of this grant is to administer the states unemployment insurance program activities.activities to be performed: funding provided to the state is for costs incurred for the operation of their unemployment insurance program. This includes the states unemployment insurance administ | Unemployment Insurance | October 23, 2024 | $56.8 million |
| Unemployment insurance | Unemployment Insurance | October 27, 2021 | $54.7 million |
| Unemployment insurance | Unemployment Insurance | October 27, 2020 | $50.7 million |
| Resea program purpose: the purpose of this grant is to provide states with funding to operate reemployment services and eligibility assessment programs that assist individuals receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by providing them with reemployment services and referrals to other available | Unemployment Insurance | June 28, 2023 | $12.6 million |
| Employment services | Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities | August 19, 2021 | $12.5 million |
| Purpose: the purpose of this grant is to provide states with funding to operate reemployment services and eligibility assessment programs that assist individuals receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by providing them with reemployment services and referrals to other available programs and | Unemployment Insurance | June 10, 2024 | $11.3 million |
| Purpose: the purpose of these grant funds is to help states adopt new strategies to modernize and rearchitect their ui programs to better defend against fraud threats now and prepare for challenges in the future. Activities to be performed: states should use these funds to invest in it projects(s) t | Unemployment Insurance | September 22, 2023 | $11.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Georgia Department of Labor get?
$401 million in 56 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Georgia Department of Labor the most?
The Department of Labor, with $401 million in 56 awards.
What is Georgia Department of Labor's largest federal grant?
$75.8 million under Unemployment Insurance, with its first action in the period on November 3, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Georgia Department of Labor?
Its largest are Unemployment Insurance, Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities and Jobs for Veterans State Grants.
Other grant recipients in Atlanta
- Georgia Department of Community Health
- Georgia Dept of Education
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Department of Early Care & Learning Georgia
- State of Georgia Department of Public Health
- Emory University
- Department of Insurance of the State of Georgia
- Department of Human Services
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