Reemployment/RESEA Panel Panelists: Larry Burns, Workforce Development Specialist, Office of Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Department of Labor Tammy Dragon, Program Operations Manager, RESEA Program and Reentry Outreach Initiatives, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services Suzanne Ferguson, Performance and Data Manager, Montana Department of Labor and Industry Worthy Glover, Jr., RESEA Supervisor, Utah Department of Workforce Services 0 Dislocated Worker Showcase: AMERICA WORKS!
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Reemployment/RESEA PanelPanelists:
Larry Burns, Workforce Development Specialist, Office of Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Department of Labor
Tammy Dragon, Program Operations Manager, RESEA Program and Reentry Outreach Initiatives, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
Suzanne Ferguson, Performance and Data Manager, Montana Department of Labor and Industry
Worthy Glover, Jr., RESEA Supervisor, Utah Department of Workforce Services
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What is the Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants?
An in-person meeting between a UI
claimant and appropriately trained
American Job Center staff member
intended to:
1. Reduce UI claim duration
2. Ensure UI program integrity
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RESEA: What else?
A UI Requirement
– Participants must attend (or be exempted) to prevent disruption in UI benefits
An Entry Point
– Co-enrollment in Wagner Peyser Employment Service (ES) is required
– Additional referrals are common
Staff Development Resource
– UI staff must be involved in the design of RESEA and train AJC staff conducting RESEAs to identify potential UI issues.
Opportunity for Braided Funding
– Appropriations language authorize RESEA funds to support costs associated with reemployment services.
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UI Eligibility Assessment
Orientation toAmerican Job
Center
Labor Market Information
Enrollment in ES &
State Job Bank
Individual Reemployment
Plan
Career Services(WIOA Section 134)
What services are provided?
How are Services Provided?
In-Person Requirement
– RESEAs are conducted in-person at an AJC
Optional Subsequent RESEA
– States are authorized to conduct one additional RESEA
– May be conducted in-person or remotely, via technology
RESEA Staff
– Services may be delivered by UI, ES, WIOA, and/or other AJC staff that have been trained to identify eligibility issues.
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Where are RESEAs?
FY 2015 ($81 Million)
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Where are RESEAs?
FY 2016 ($112 million)
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Where are RESEAs?
FY 2016 ($112 million)
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What is next?
President’s 2018 Budget:
– Expands RESEA as an evidence-based activity that saves an average of $536 per claimant and gets claimants back to work at higher wages.
Increased Integration with Workforce system
– Use of WIOA/WP data for analysis
– New veteran (UCX) reporting
– Co-enrollment in Wagner Peyser
– Career Services
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Wrap Up: WIOA and Opportunities for
Integrated Reemployment
Colocation of Wagner Peyser
(WIOA §121(e)(3)
UI Agency as Required Partner
(WIOA §121(b))
Combined & Unified States
Plans
Career Services (WIOA § 134)
Wagner Peyser Amendments
(UI Claimaints)
Meaningful Assistance (20
CFR 678.430, 34 CFR
361.430, and 34 CFR 463.430
Use of previous assessments
Integrated data and IT systems
(WIOA § 101(d)(7)
MOU/Infrastructure
Agreements (WIOA Section
121(c))
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Wrap Up: Additional Resources
REEMPLOYMENT CONNECTIONS
– A compilation of pilot projects, successful models, tools , and lessons learned, https://rc.workforcegps.org
• The Pathway to Reemployment Framework: an outline of essential elements of 21st century reemployment and work search requirements.
• My Reemployment Plan (MRP): A comprehensive and interactive job search guide that is structured in a modular way. https://rc.workforcegps.org/resources/2016/10/03/05/28/My_Reemployment_Plan
• MRP Implementation Guide designed for public workforce system leaders and practitioners to adopt some or all of the framework.
WORKFORCE CONNECT
– Designed to sit on top of, and map to, existing technology systems, to enable the customer to access one “common front door” with a single registration process. http://www.itsc.org/Pages/WF_Connect.aspx.