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- Program-Specific Requirements for Wagner-Peyser Program (Employment Services)
All Program-Specific Requirements provided for the WIOA core programs in this section must be addressed for either a Unified or Combined State Plan.
a. 3. Describe strategies developed to support training and awareness across core programs and the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and the training provided for Employment Services and WIOA staff on identification of UI eligibility issues and referral to UI staff for adjudication
Current Narrative:
The State’s Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program is designed to provide intensive reemployment assistance to individuals who are receiving unemployment benefits and are determined likely to exhaust their benefits before becoming reemployed and transitioning veterans receiving Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service members (UCX).
The State’s have developed a RESEA Plan that defines the scope, objectives, and overall approach. It is a critical element for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and assessing the effectiveness of the services and continuous improvement of outcomes.
The primary goals and objectives are:
- Promote the integration of Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance activities to put people to work faster in sustaining careers.
- Ensure shared responsibility between LWC, the AJCs, and the job seekers.
- Promote continuous improvement through evaluation of services and outcomes as the dynamic of our economy changes.
The RESEA program focuses on the following primary strategies:
- Conducting in-person and virtual reemployment and eligibility assessments; and,
- Providing customized reemployment services that are tailored to each claimant’s needs.
The goal of RESEA is to provide claimants with a wide array of resources that support reemployment as quickly as possible and to connect claimants to reemployment services, including co-enrollment in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I program or other partner programs, as appropriate.
A cross collaboration team consisting of Workforce and Unemployment Insurance staff meet monthly to discuss strategies, issues and program impact. The team ensures that the core components of a RESEA are being met through training and quality assurance reviews. Core services include:
- Enrollment in Wagner-Peyser Act-funded Employment Services; Providing support to the claimant to develop and implement an individual reemployment plan;
- Providing information and access to AJC services and providing referrals to reemployment services, and training as appropriate, to support the claimant’s return to work.
- UI eligibility assessment, including review of work search activities, and referral to adjudication, as appropriate, if an issue or potential issue(s) is identified; and
- Providing labor market and career information that addresses the claimant’s specific needs;