Those without Nashville jobs will soon get some better help when it comes to receiving unemployment.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development will receive $6,892,526 for technology upgrades to the system that processes benefits for unemployed workers. Of the $164.5 million total awarded to 49 states by the DOL, Tennessee received the fourth-highest amount.

“The unprecedented demand for unemployment insurance benefits has made it clear there are opportunities to improve our systems,” Labor Commissioner James Neeley said. “For the last year we’ve utilized a number of short-term solutions to handle the workload. This grant will allow us to develop long-term infrastructure improvements for benefits processing and payment.”

The funds will be used for a variety of projects designed to improve services for both unemployment insurance claimants and employers, including upgrading the Unemployment Insurance telephone and Internet claims-filing system, improving the scheduling system for benefit appeals and acquiring digital scanners and an automated dialer system for the prevention, detection and collection of unemployment insurance fraud overpayment.

In addition, a feasibility study conducted by a consortium of states, including Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, will develop, plan and design an approach for a common unemployment insurance benefit system that could eventually be used by multiple states.

In order to receive funding, states were required to submit supplemental budget requests. The funding is made available through this fiscal year’s budget and appropriations for state administration of the Unemployment Insurance Program.

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