Located in:
- Unemployment Insurance (UI)
(OMB Control Number: 1205-0132)
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) program requires a State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) on a 2-year planning cycle that is a condition of receipt of administrative funding to administer the program. The SQSP is the State’s UI performance management and planning process that allows for an exchange of information between Federal and State partners to enhance the UI program’s ability to reflect their joint commitment to performance excellence and client-centered services. A formal two-year SQSP is submitted biennially. On the off years, States may be required to modify the SQSP with additional corrective action plans and narrative if they are failing any new performance measures, and they are required to provide updated budget documents, certifications, and assurances. ETA Handbook No. 336, 18th Edition provides detailed guidance for the preparation and submittal of the SQSP and supplemental guidance is provided in an annual UIPL, issued as UIPL 15-19 for the FY 2020 SQSP. The Social Security Act (SSA) sections 302 and 303 authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide funds to administer the UI program and govern the expenditure of those funds. States that choose the option to include UI in a WIOA Combined State Plan will be required to submit their SQSP through the Combined State Plan process. The SQSP must be prepared in accordance to the instructions in ET Handbook 336, 18th Edition and there are no changes to the established SQSP cycle if a State chose to submit their SQSP through the Combined State Plan process.
- a. Contents of a Complete UI SQSP Package
A complete UI SQSP package includes the following documents, as described in Chapter 1, ETA Handbook 336, 18th Edition:
- a. Contents of a Complete UI SQSP Package
a. 1. Transmittal Letter
A cover letter to the appropriate Regional Office (RO) transmitting all the required SQSP documents.
Current Narrative:
The Maryland DUI SQSP is included in the following sections, including the Transmittal Letter, Budget Worksheets/Forms, State Plan Narrative, CAPs (including the milestones and the completion date for each milestone), the UI IAP, Organizational Chart, and the SQSP Signature Page.
I. Transmittal Letter
September 3, 2019
Via electronic delivery to Miller.Leo@dol.gov, Pasquale.Karen@dol.gov,
Mr. Leo Miller
Regional Administrator
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
The Curtis Center, Suite 825 East
170 South Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
RE: Transmittal Letter for Maryland’s FY20 SQSP Biennial Submission
Dear Mr. Miller:
Attached is Maryland’s State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) Federal Fiscal Year 2020 Biennial report for the Division of Unemployment Insurance. Included in this submittal are the following documents:
The State Narrative Plan for DUI
Maryland’s FY20 Integrity Action Plan and also included in the Excel Workbook as a tab
MD FY20 SQSP Forms SF 424, SF 424 (B)
DUI’s Organizational Chart
Signature Page
Questions concerning information within this submission may be directed to myself at (410) 767-2483 or Shemel Bowden at (410) 767-2463 or by email shemel.bowden@maryland.gov.
Thank you for your guidance and technical assistance. We look forward to our ongoing partnership forged with your Regional Office and the National USDOL ETA.
Best Regards,
Dayne M. Freeman
Assistant Secretary
cc: Tiffany P. Robinson, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor
Karen Pasquale, Chief Division of Workforce Security
The 2020 Maryland Unemployment Insurance SQSP transmittal letter can be found at the following link: http://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/wioauisqsp.shtml.