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Unemployment Insurance IT Modernization Grant Projects: Phase 1 Summary Report

Unemployment Insurance IT Modernization Grant Projects: Phase 1 Summary Report
2024
Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University
Author(s): 
Aaron Snow
Unemployment Insurance IT Modernization Grant Projects: Phase 1 Summary Report
Source Sector(s)
Academic
Benefits Program
UI: Unemployment Insurance
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Territorial
Federal/National
Location
Format
Report

As the Beeck Center continues to support the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center (UI ITSC) in implementing the first phase (Phase 1) of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Open UI Initiative (the Initiative), this report summarizes our findings and observations including effective strategies in state UI system modernizations, challenges reported by state UI program teams, areas of opportunity for helping states meet UI modernization goals, and recommendations for supporting states’ UI modernization efforts.