Re-Employment Services

RESEA (Reemployment Services, Employment Assistance)

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) program is a required partner in the broader public workforce system and provides unemployment benefits to individuals who have lost their employment through no fault of their own and who otherwise meet initial and continuing UI eligibility requirements. Beginning in 2005, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration funded the voluntary UI Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program to address individual reemployment needs of UI claimants, as well as prevent and detect improper benefit payments. In 2015, the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program replaced the REA program providing greater access to reemployment services in addition to services previously provided under the REA program.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, amendments to the Social Security Act permanently authorized the RESEA program and implemented several significant changes including formula-based funding and a series of requirements intended to increase the use and availability of evidence-based reemployment interventions and strategies. The permanent RESEA program has four purposes:

  1. Reduce UI duration through improved employment outcomes;
  2. Strengthen UI program integrity;
  3. Promote alignment with the vision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); and
  4. Establish RESEA as an entry point to other workforce system partners.

 

Find more information about the RESEA program here.

FAQ

  

For questions contact the local Workforce Center listed on the letter. Claimants can also call 1-877-509-6757 or visit www.KANSASWORKS.com for additional information.
Your case manager will work with you to find an alternative appointment method.
If you are unable to attend the appointment at the scheduled time, contact your case manager and/or call your local Workforce Center to reschedule. If you miss your appointment, benefits will/may be suspended until claimant participates and completes services. Claimants who miss two appointments benefits will/may be suspended until claimant participates and completes services.
Claimants selected for the RESEA program are required to participate to remain eligible to receive unemployment benefits.

Claimants are selected for these programs based on a number of varying factors. These factors include job tenure, job industry, education level, length of time for claimed benefits, and other similar factors.

Good news! There are many free resources such as job searching and resume assistance available at www.KANSASWORKS.com. You can also call your local workforce center to set up a virtual appointment and speak with a Workforce Professional.
The automatic enrollment on KANSASWORKS.com fulfills the requirement for claimants to register for work. For RESEA, claimants do need to have an active, up-to-date and professional resume in KANSASWORKS. If you are not an RESEA claimant, having an account is required, but a resume is not.
A letter will be sent to claimants who qualify for this program.
No, RESEA was implemented prior to COVID-19. The program was put on hold during the pandemic but has been reinstated after the previous hold expired.
No, it does not speed up the process.
No. The RESEA program is designed to target individuals who have been identified as more likely to exhaust benefits before obtaining other employment.
No.
No.