Unemployment Insurance — CFDA 17.225

Insurance obligations at $23.3 billion

USAspending.gov records $23,288,821,031.79 in obligations under CFDA 17.225. One thousand two hundred three awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $19.4 million per award. Unemployment insurance assistance in federal files often appears as grants to state workforce agencies rather than as one row per claimant, which is why award count stays in the low thousands while dollars sit in the tens of billions.

The assistance-listing title is UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. CFDA 17.225 is the identifier. Other workforce or income-support listings are separate CFDA numbers and are not folded into the $23.3 billion.

Sixty-one recipients and a 59-state field

Sixty-one recipients share 1,203 awards, or about 20 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $23.3 billion evenly would assign about $382 million per recipient. That arithmetic matches a small set of administering agencies posting many modifications, not a vendor marketplace. The packet does not name the 61.

Fifty-nine states in the geographic count is a wide coding in the USAspending state field, typically including the District of Columbia and territories. It is not a weekly claims map and does not equalize dollars. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Awards are not initial claims

Award count (1,203) is a count of assistance records. It is not insured unemployment, continued claims, or exhaustions. A state can generate many award actions as federal UI funding is added or adjusted without that number tracking the claims cycle. Citing 1,203 as “people helped” would be a unit error.

The packet also does not report trust-fund balances, tax rates, or duration of benefits. Those series live in other systems. This page stays on the four USAspending facts.

Obligations versus benefits paid

The $23.3 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid as UI benefits or administrative grants — are not in the packet. A federal UI award can be obligated while weekly payments to claimants follow a state calendar. Deobligations after a downturn eases will reduce the stock; this page does not forecast that path.

When two publications disagree on “unemployment spending,” check whether both used CFDA 17.225, both used obligations, and both used the same extract. Mixing 17.225 obligations with state trust-fund outlays creates a false gap.

Where to open CFDA 17.225

The Unemployment Insurance program page overlays these aggregates. The all-programs index ranks 17.225 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency totals that may include this CFDA among other labor listings. For 17.225 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 17.225’s $23,288,821,031.79 is a state-agency grant stock in this extract: 1,203 awards, 61 recipients, 59 states, from USAspending.gov. Sixty-one named organizations against a nationwide-plus geographic field is not a claimant file. About $19.4 million per award is not a typical weekly benefit. Quote award count as assistance records, not as initial claims.

Trust-fund balances, tax rates, and benefit outlays are outside the four facts. Mixing those ledgers with 17.225 obligations creates a false gap. The Unemployment Insurance program page overlays these aggregates. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

UI as a state-agency grant file in this extract

Unemployment Insurance, CFDA 17.225, is indexed at $23,288,821,031.79 in obligations, 1,203 awards, 61 recipients, and 59 states on USAspending.gov. Sixty-one named organizations against a 59-state geographic field is the shape of a state-administered insurance CFDA, not a claimant-level file. About $19.4 million per award and about $382 million per recipient on simple averages are scale ratios for administering-agency grants, not typical weekly benefits.

One thousand two hundred three awards is a count of assistance records, including modifications as stored. It is not initial claims, continued claims, or exhaustions. A state can post many award actions as federal UI funding is adjusted without that number tracking the claims cycle. Fifty-nine in the geographic count is a wide USAspending state field, typically including the District of Columbia and territories, not an even-share table.

Do not mix 17.225 obligations with state trust-fund outlays. Those are different ledgers. The program page overlays Unemployment Insurance; the programs index ranks 17.225; agency pages roll up awarding agencies. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for unemployment insurance on USAspending.gov?

USAspending.gov records $23,288,821,031.79 in obligations for CFDA 17.225. SpendingVault indexes 1,203 awards, 61 recipients, and 59 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of weekly claims. CFDA 17.225’s $23.3 billion on 1,203 awards and 61 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many agencies receive CFDA 17.225 awards?

The extract lists 61 recipients against 1,203 awards. That tight organizational set is typical of state-administered insurance grants. A simple even split of $23.3 billion would be about $382 million per recipient; actual amounts vary. Names are on the program page.

Does 59 states mean every jurisdiction had the same UI funding?

No. Fifty-nine states appear in the USAspending geographic count, which can include the District of Columbia and territories. That count does not equalize the $23.3 billion or publish a claims rate. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table. CFDA 17.225’s $23.3 billion on 1,203 awards and 61 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

Is $23.3 billion already paid as unemployment checks?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments on assistance awards tagged 17.225. Outlays are payments. This page reports the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. Claimant checks, trust-fund balances, and remaining authority are outside the packet. CFDA 17.225’s $23.3 billion on 1,203 awards and 61 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.