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.
d. 3. Administration of the Work Test for the State Unemployment Compensation System, Including Making Eligibility Assessments (for Referral to Ui Adjudication, if Needed), and Providing Job Finding and Placement Services for Ui Claimants; and
Current Narrative:
Section 443.091, Florida Statutes requires all reemployment assistance claimants to engage in systematic and sustained efforts to find work, including contacting at least five prospective employers for each week of unemployment. In small counties – defined as having a population of 75,000 or less – a claimant must contact at least three prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed. Claimants file their work search activities via the internet each week and the Reemployment Assistance Program office conducts random work search reviews. Alternatively, claimants, in lieu of contacting the three or five prospective employers, as appropriate, may for that same week, report in person to a LWDB to meet with a career center representative and access reemployment services.
Upon completion of the RESEA appointment, career center staff are required to electronically submit information related to whether the claimant reported for and received all required services to satisfy the program’s minimum requirements. If a claimant has not reported to the appointment as required, an automatic notification is transmitted to the Reemployment Assistance system to notify an adjudicator of potential eligibility issues. The Reemployment Assistance unit conducts a follow up to determine whether the absence should result in a disqualification. In addition to the attendance information logged after the initial appointment, all RESEA claimants have an eligibility review program (ERP) questionnaire conducted to determine continued benefit eligibility.
Similarly, for the PREP program, claimant attendance is recorded in EFM and subsequently reported to the RA system. Any claimant failing to report for their appointment is contacted by adjudication for further benefit eligibility determinations.