Skip to Content
Return to Search

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Unemployment Insurance Anti-Fraud Grant (PG) Program RFP

Grantor:
Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Portal ID:
34043
Status:
Closed
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The purpose of the PG Program is to provide funding to district attorneys for the investigation and prosecution of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) fraud crimes, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic emergencies.

Description:

The purpose of the PG Program is to provide funding to district attorneys for the investigation and prosecution of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) fraud crimes, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic emergencies. District attorneys are encouraged to work with county and/or municipal law enforcement agencies on investigatory work related to PUA/UI fraud crimes, and then successfully prosecute these cases. PUA/UI fraud crimes are violations of Cal. Unemp. Ins. Code §§ 2101 and 2114; Cal. Penal Code §§487, 496, and 530.5; or any fraud offenses relating to COVID-19 pandemic-related insurance programs administered by the California Employment Development Department (EDD), or the U.S. Department of Labor.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Public Agency

The only eligible Applicants are those district attorney’s offices serving counties other than Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Lake, Merced, Monterey, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
10/31/23
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
10/01/23 - 03/31/25

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$800,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$1 – $50,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Al Hardoy, 1-684-248-9422, Al.Hardoy@caloes.ca.gov

Similar to This Grant