Closed · ETA-UI-2025-02 · CFDA 17.225 · Discretionary

UI Interstate Connection Network

Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $39.6M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 5, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

UI Interstate Connection Network is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered Up to $39,600,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.

up to $39.6M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
17.225
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

UI Interstate Connection Network is closed (last close September 5, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 17.225 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Employment and Training Administration still indexes 412 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 5, 2025

Posted Aug 25 Closes Sep 5

Est. Total Funding

$39,600,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

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.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · ETA-UI-2025-02

Grants.gov marks UI Interstate Connection Network with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). This eligibility-code string dominates the Employment and Training Administration book (353 peers, 85% of 413).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 17.225

Unemployment Insurance

U.S. Department of Labor

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Agency Contact

flowers.jeannette@dol.gov

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What to do next

UI Interstate Connection Network is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 17.225 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Unemployment Insurance indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Employment and Training Administration lists 412 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants