# ETA Did Not Ensure ARPA Grants Demonstrated Improvements in Access to Unemployment Benefits
> **Audit** by Department of Labor OIG · 2025-08-28
> *About: Department of Labor*
## Report
- **Title:** ETA Did Not Ensure ARPA Grants Demonstrated Improvements in Access to Unemployment Benefits
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Labor OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Labor
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-28

## Recommendations

- **Rec 001** (Closed): We recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish a policy that requires evaluation criteria or standards to be used to ensure grant applications include evidence of a specific issue prior to awarding a grant intended…
- **Rec 002** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training develop additional guidance and staff training to improve monitoring of grant recipients, including a focus on reviewing progress reports to ensure reporting complies with requirements…
- **Rec 003** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training review $2,827,736 in costs for grant projects that did not achieve project goals and recover funds where appropriate.
- **Rec 004** (Open): We recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training develop guidance for planning new discretionary grant programs to ensure better coordination, minimize duplication of effort, and promote more efficient use of grant funds.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/eta-did-not-ensure-arpa-grants-demonstrated-improvements-access-unemployment-benefits)
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