Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants

Background
The UIPL provides general operating guidance for the RESEA program for FY 2022, including definitions for RESEA-specific terms, funding details, program design, and program operations. It also outlines the purpose of the RESEA program and its alignment with the broader vision of WIOA.

Grant Details
The document outlines the general operating guidance for the RESEA program for FY 2022, including definitions for RESEA-specific terms, funding details such as base-funding formula for state grants, outcome payments, and evaluation set-aside costs. It also covers program design, remote service delivery, integration with other workforce-funded services, and additional resources to support program implementation.

Eligibility Requirements
States requesting funding to continue a current RESEA program or to implement a new RESEA program during FY 2022 must submit a RESEA State Plan containing all required information described in the UIPL via https://www.grants.gov/ by Monday, March 7, 2022. The document also encourages states to increase the percentage of UC claimants selected for RESEA and provides flexibility in identifying additional claimant populations among recipients of regular UC.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for FY 2022 RESEA funds will be from January 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. Funds must be obligated by September 30, 2023, and liquidated by December 31, 2023.

Grant Value
The total available funding for FY 2022 RESEA's base funding level is $250,000,000. The projected funding level is distributed across three funding streams: eighty-nine (89) percent ($222,500,000) awarded to states via the base-funding formula; ten (10) percent ($25,000,000) awarded to states for outcome payments; and one (1) percent ($2,500,000) reserved by the Department to conduct research and provide technical assistance.