Welcome to Workforce 3 One U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Webinar Date: April 6 th, 2015 Presented by: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration 1

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Moderator: Betty Castillo, Chief, Division of Unemployment Insurance Operations, Office of Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Presenters: Gay Gilbert, Administrator, Office of Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Kevin Stapleton, Economist, Office of Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Diane Wood, Program Specialist, Office of Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration #3

Unemployment Insurance (UI) provides benefits to eligible individuals who are active job seekers and critical customers of the integrated workforce system. The UI Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program, which began in 2005 and is now in 44 states, has linked claimants with the workforce system by bringing them into American Job Centers (AJC) for assessments and referrals to reemployment services. Research shows that integrated delivery of eligibility assessments and reemployment services helps claimants get good jobs faster, saving trust fund dollars. Beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2015, the Department is encouraging states to transition to new RESEA program guidelines outlined in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No issued on March 27, 2015, in preparation for required implementation in FY

WIOA is providing a new opportunity for states to reconsider their integrated service delivery design through American Job Centers and provides a new focus on UI claimants as a key workforce system customer. As states implement WIOA they should consider how to most effectively integrate and leverage allied programs such as the RESEA program and the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program. 5

Name change: The UI REA program is now called the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program. Funding Use: RESEA funds may be used for Reemployment Services for FY Targeted Population: RESEA targets claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits and in need of reemployment services to transition to new work, as well as claimants receiving Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX). 6

Claimants determined most likely to exhaust and claimants receiving UCX benefits will become the RESEA targeted population in FY –The state’s WPRS system will be used to identify claimants most likely to exhaust benefits. –The WPRS model excludes claimants who are on recall or use a union hiring hall for reemployment. –WPRS claimants are ranked, highest to lowest, in order of their probability of exhaustion of benefits. –Locations that do not provide RESEA must continue to provide WPRS. 7

The new targeted population may need more extensive reemployment services to reenter the labor market. The RESEA process, including provision of career and labor market information and development of the Individual Reemployment Plan provides the vehicle to identify appropriate reemployment services that address each participants specific needs. Providing the same services to all claimants such as an assessment will not meet individual needs. 8

Claimants must report in-person for the initial RESEA and each claimant must be provided: –A one-on-one UI eligibility review, –One-on-one assistance to develop an Individual Reemployment Plan, –An orientation to the AJC resources and to available reemployment services, –Labor Market Information specific to the claimant’s needs, and –Referral to appropriate reemployment services available through AJCs and on-line. 9

Remaining FY 2014 funds must spent in accordance with the 2014 REA grant agreement. Continuing states that receive FY 2015 funds are encouraged to begin transitioning to the new RESEA framework as soon as feasible. Comparison groups are no longer required when the state transitions to the new RESEA population. 10

States that have not received a grant to implement an REA program must implement the RESEA program using the new targeted population. There is no requirement to create a comparison group for RESEA. 11

States that are participating in the UI REA evaluation: Will continue with their evaluation design. Should request funds for transitioning to the new RESEA program under the 2015 grant. Should not transition to the new RESEA population until after the evaluation period. 12

The Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Workload Report, ETA 9128 and the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Outcomes report, ETA 9129 will continue for all UI REA activities. The Department is evaluating the reporting requirements for the RESEA program to consider the: –New targeted population –New WIOA common measures 13

The budgeted amount for FY 2015 for RESEAs is the same as last year ($80M). The funding cycle for 2015 is nine months rather than a year which should help cover the costs of reemployment services. Since the new RESEA population may require more intensive services, thus, requiring more staff time per RESEA, states may reduce the number of RESEAs scheduled. 14

The method of determining costs will not change; the same method applies to costs for reemployment services; up to 5 hours may be allowed for each RESEA. RESEA cost projections are based on specific workload activities. States estimate the time required for specific tasks and then calculate costs based on applicable staffing costs. 15

Funds are available for actual time spent. Time is allocated to each individual RESEA. The time for a group activity is divided by the number of RESEA participants: –For example, if 10 people attend an activity that requires 1 hour, then 60 (minutes) should be divided by 10 (participants) resulting in a cost of 6 minutes per participant; and –Time can be charged for any related staff time needed to conduct the activity. 16

States can receive up to $100,000 to implement program changes to transition from the REA to the RESEA requirements. States should include any costs that are applicable. States need to break out costs to show how the costs were derived. 17

Funds will be provided to states to continue their program through June 30, Bridge funds will be based on the 2014 grant that is in place. The Department will issue these funds once all states have identified their funding needs. 18

WHAT: Profiling Methods Seminar Presented By: –Dr. Robert D. St. Louis »Arizona State University –Division of Fiscal and Actuarial Services, Office of Unemployment Insurance WHEN: May 19, 2015 – May 22, 2015 WHERE: DOL National Office (Francis Perkins Building) WHO: State and ETA Regional Office Staff TRAVEL: DOL will provide travel costs for state staff to attend, up to $2,500 19

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: –Application deadline is tomorrow COB April 7th –TEN (Includes nomination form) ( –For additional questions or information please contact: Robert Pavosevich Kevin Stapleton 20

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