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Idaho Department of Labor seeks $7.33 million in dedicated spending authority, explains unemployment trust fund posture
Summary
Department officials told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee they are requesting $7,330,000 in dedicated fund spending authority for ongoing unemployment‑insurance operations and explained how the state’s unemployment trust fund and federal grants affect staffing and reserves.
The Idaho Department of Labor asked the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee for additional dedicated‑fund spending authority to maintain unemployment‑insurance (UI) operations as federal grant support declines and to authorize a cash transfer between agency funds to correct prior accounting transfers.
Analyst Brooke Dupree walked the committee through the Department’s consolidated fund analysis and described a requested cash transfer of $4,868,600 from the Unemployment Penalty and Interest Fund back to the Employment Security Fund; Dupree said the transfer would reduce the agency’s projected ending balance by roughly $4 million. Dupree also presented an ongoing enhancement request of $7,330,000 for unemployment insurance operations in the department’s dedicated fund, noting no additional FTP were…
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