Request for Proposal - Unemployment Insurance (UI) Pilot Project for Preventing Improper UI Payments by Accessing Financial Institutions' Data for Individuals' Employment Detection
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NASWA-ITSC is seeking vendor(s) who can provide financial transaction data monitoring services, widely employed by banks and payroll services firms for integrity and other reasons, to conduct a pilot project. This project will test the value of using banking payroll deposit transaction and/or payroll payment information from payroll service providers, and commercial employment and income verifiers to detect individuals who are receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and who are also employed. Quick detection will allow for timely follow-up with individuals who may be newly employed. UI claimants who are employed are, generally, no longer eligible for UI.
The goal of this pilot project is to determine whether accessing financial institution and/or payroll service firms' data is cost effective and can significantly reduce the incidence of UI overpayments due to unreported or underreported earnings or from delays in reporting a change in employment status. The contracted vendor(s) will be required to work directly with staff from participating states, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment Training Administration (ETA), and NASWA-ITSC to implement the pilot project. The objective is to provide timely and prompt financial transaction information for the state agency's follow-up with UI claimants to determine whether there is an overpayment of UI benefits, and provide a detailed report of the findings.
