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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.
c. Describe the State’s Strategy for Providing Reemployment Assistance to Unemployment Insurance Claimants and Other Unemployed Individuals.
Current Narrative:
Idaho’s AJCs transitioned from the REA program to the new RESEA program in January 2016. The ES and WIOA staff provide an orientation to all RESEA claimants on the services available to them through the AJC or affiliate. They then work with each claimant one—on—one to do a thorough assessment of the claimant’s current skills, abilities and also identify any barriers to reemployment. They also provide customized labor market information to each claimant based on their specific situation. Working together with the claimant they complete an individualized employment plan for each claimant. This may include additional follow up activities and services to assist the claimant in returning to work as soon as possible, including referrals to community services and training services as appropriate. The RESEA program focuses solely on UCX (military) claimants and claimants profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits. RESEA services may be provided for each claimant up to a total of five hours. The former REA services allow for a maximum of 2 hours per claimant.
Outside of the RESEA program, UI claimants who are not job-attached are afforded similar customized treatment. ES and WIOA staff weekly receive an updated list of new UI claimants. These claimants are contacted and encouraged to come to the AJC to receive the same customized employment services as the RESEA program participants.
WIOA career planners are also aggressively reaching out to former UI claimants or other dislocated workers to provide career and training services.