Narrative: d. 1.

Wagner-Peyser funds, including items/services paid for by Wagner-Peyser funds, may also be utilized to support UI claimants. Each AJC in the District has a resource room that contains computers, Internet access, telephones, printers, fax machines, unemployment staff and information and a variety of job search and career exploration aides including the labor exchange. The unemployment insurance claimant may access these via self-services or individualized career services. These services are available to all job seekers in the AJC, with a designated self-help area with light touch services available when needed by the claimant. The Districts AJC have unemployment insurance staff housed in each center. Those staff coordinates all claimants that they assist in speaking with an AJC workforce staff person for job search assistance. Currently under development are IT system changes that will allow both workforce and unemployment systems to request UI and Workforce services in “real time”, upon application. This development will allow for pop up messages for all claimants as they file each week, also reminders about how many more weeks they are allowed to receive benefits and also workforce activities scheduled for that week. DOES OIT is working to develop this program and will allow both sides to share information. In addition, DOES is exploring full replacement of the UI and workforce systems to enable better system integration.