Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:9 - ODJFS Practices
Chapter 5101:9-31 - Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allocations
Section 5101:9-31-88 - Reemployment services and eligibility assessment (RESEA)
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues the department of labor (DOL) employment and training administration (ETA) unemployment insurance (UI) reemployment services and eligibility assessment (RESEA) funds to the local workforce development board (LWDB) to improve employment outcomes for individuals who receive UI and are selected to participate in the program. RESEA funds assist with:
(B) This allocation is composed of one hundred per cent federal funds. The catalog of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) number is 17.225. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123 (BBA), which included amendments to the Social Security Act (SSA) created a permanent authorization for the RESEA program. The RESEA provisions are contained in section 30206 of the BBA, enacting new section 306 of the SSA.
(C) ODJFS communicates the funding and liquidation periods through the county finance information system (CFIS). The LWDB can incur obligations through the funding period and disburse and report expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period. The LWDBs shall report expenditures as described in rule 5101:9-7-29 of the Administrative Code.
(D) Methodology
(E) RESEA program requirements are as described in workforce program policy letter number 20-02.
(F) RESEA staff may refer individuals to WIOA or other available funding. Individuals determined eligible under additional programs, may receive funding for training and other costs related to training.
(G) The LWDB shall maintain documentation in accordance with the records retention requirements in rule 5101:9-9-21 of the Administrative Code. This documentation may be subject to inspection, monitoring, and audit by the ODJFS office of fiscal and monitoring services (OFMS) and the Ohio auditor of state (AOS).