Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY received $129.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 36 actions, −41% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.3B. Its largest awarding agency was Employment and Training Administration ($121.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$129.9M
New awards
10
Actions
36
Since FY2021
$1.3B
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Parent organization
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Location
CHICAGO, IL
State and local governments
Open in the explorerFederal grants & assistance

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 313.6MFY2021
  2. 232.9MFY2022
  3. 234.5MFY2023
  4. 209.4MFY2024
  5. 218.9MFY2025
  6. 129.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$129.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 17.225 · Unemployment Insurance$92.9M72%
  2. 17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities$27.2M21%
  3. 17.801 · Jobs for Veterans State Grants$6.3M4.8%
  4. 17.002 · Labor Force Statistics$2.5M1.9%
  5. 17.271 · Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program (WOTC)$517.6K0.4%
  6. 17.273 · Temporary Labor Certification for Foreign Workers$503.2K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$121.1M93%
    Department of Labor
  2. Veterans Employment and Training Services$6.3M4.8%
    Department of Labor
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics$2.5M1.9%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$160.2M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 31, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· 25A55UI000079
  2. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES…$158.5M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Oct 25, 2022 – May 7, 2026· UI393202355A17
  3. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$149.4M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Dec 9, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 26A55UI000168
  4. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$107.2M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Oct 27, 2020 – May 6, 2026· UI347132055A17
  5. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (ES) PROGRAM IS TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYERS…$27.2M
    17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Aug 1, 2022 – Apr 22, 2026· ES387282255A17
  6. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE ES PROGRAM IS TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR JOB SEEKERS. THE…$26.2M
    17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 24, 2026· 26A55WP000176

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.