Building More Evidence in Reemployment Services for Unemployment Claimants
Highlights
- When do Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) models work and for whom?
- We’ll build on previous work to provide states evaluation technical assistance.
- We’ll build evidence on RESEA models to support and complement states’ evaluations.
In 2018, Congress permanently authorized the RESEA program, which aims to help Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants return to work more quickly. As a result, RESEA now requires that states use evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of their programs.
Building on the RESEA Evidence Building Portfolio project, Abt will provide states services for a variety of evaluation technical assistance (TA) activities. These will include operating a RESEA evaluation Help Line, developing general evaluation TA resources, supporting a learning cohort of states, and reviewing state plans. The project team will also examine participant selection models and conduct a feasibility assessment for future studies.
The project will help states identify and implement effective RESEA program components and build the RESEA evidence base, leading to improved outcomes for UI claimants.