Located in:
- 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.
c. Describe the State’s strategy for providing reemployment assistance to UI claimants and other unemployed individuals
Current Narrative:
The philosophy is to engage individuals to our services as quickly as possible, thus reducing the amount and duration of unemployment. AJC operators, Business Services staff, and LWC Industry Sector Coordinators must recognize and engage in integrating user-friendly customer interfaces, continuous information updates, and coordinated outreach processes to effectively support job development in the industries, careers, and jobs that labor market research indicates RESEA participants are moving into. RESEA participants in addition to other identified Priority Populations should be offered as high quality candidates for any job postings or for future staffing needs the participant is being prepared to fill.
Goals and Objectives
- Helping UI claimants access the full array of on-line, in-person, and virtual services delivered through American Job Centers;
- Connecting UI claimants and other unemployed individuals to the Reemployment Orientation and other career services;
- Ensure claimants meet eligibility requirements such as searching for work and participating in reemployment services;
- Ensure that claimants are notified of all deadlines and eligibility requirements associated with the TAA program (including TRA, ATAA and RTAA), and that communication with case managers for TAA participants is seamless;
- Working with Rapid Response teams to provide services to employers and workers in mass layoff situations, and conducting claim filing activities when needed; and
- Undertaking strategies to promote entrepreneurship.
OWD’s Technical Assistance Unit and Management Information Service Unit provides assistance to state and local staff through various methods including needs assessments, monitoring outcomes and updates and/or newly issued federal and state requirements. This process identifies knowledge/skills/attitudes (KSAs) gaps and learning objectives for:
(1) grants/programs,
(2) service delivery,
(3) internal (state) and external (local) processes and procedures,
(4) accessing/using HiRE,
(5) Workforce Specialist roles & responsibilities), etc. Assistance is provided through statewide training, webinars, conferences, workshops and meetings.