Priority Re-employment
Services (PREP)
Identify and Schedule UC claimants
for Reemployment Services
PREP
Introduction - Purpose
 Benefit to One Stop Service Centers
 Customer Identification
 Process
 Service Plan
 Outcomes
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Purpose
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Identification of dislocated workers
Provide timely re-employment services to
shorten duration of UC
Return claimants to productive, stable
employment
Receive positive customer feedback
History
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Profiling in Florida began in October 1994
Prototype state
Job Search Assistance Demonstration Project
ended 1999
2003 PREP was integrated into the One-Stop
Management Information System (OSMIS)
One-Stop Career Center Benefits
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Provides a steady, scheduled source of job
applicants
Increases placement rates
Invaluable resource of dislocated workers
Customer appreciation for knowledge of
services available
Reason for Program
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Federal Law - U.C. Amendments of
1993, Public Law (PL) 103-152
Florida U.C. Law, Section 443.091(1)(d)
Florida Admin. Rules- 60BB-3.028
Opportunity for UC claimants who file
Internet, telephone or mail claims to
receive reemployment services
UC Law FL Statutes
Section 443.091 4 (d)
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An unemployed individual shall
be eligible to receive benefits
with respect to any week only if
the agency finds that she or he
participates in reemployment
services, such as job search
assistance services, pursuant to
a profiling system established
by rule of the agency to be
likely to exhaust regular
benefits and to be in need of
reemployment services.
Customer Identification
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Monetarily eligible UC, Combined Wage (CWC),
Federal (UCFE), and Military (UCX) claimants
who have received a first payment
Excluded Claimants
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CWC, UCFE, UCX
Interstate Claimants
Union Affiliation
Special programs
TRA/TAA, DUA, and STC
Transitional Claimants
Claimants on Recall Status
Seasonally / Partially unemployed
First pay > than 42 days after the BYB
Profiling Process
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Selection – UC identifies pool
Pool sent to OSMIS (weekend process)
Scheduling - Before 5:00PM Thursday
Notices mailed to claimants
Claimant identified in OSMIS PREP
Worklog
Services provided in OSMIS Service Plan
Entered as completed in Service Plan
and in EFM
Orientation
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Record attendance & explain benefits
Group completes Assessment Questionnaire
and Work Readiness Checklist (should have
completed it prior to orientation session)
Identify exempted individuals and excuse
Schedule claimants for interview/services
based on the Readiness Checklist and Self
Evaluation
Provide services
Enter as completed in OSMIS and EFM
Orientation Emphasis
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Attending re-employment services is not
good cause for refusing suitable work
Work search suspended for service only
If unable to attend, notify one- stop
Documentation needed to exempt
Allow claimants to reschedule
Assessment Interview
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Completion of Assessment
Questionnaire
Assessment Interview recorded
EFM Services Screen
 Results on Notes screen
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Exemptions
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Return to work date within 10 weeks
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Attending approved training
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Check BH10 for non-monetary
determination
Prior services received in the last 12
months
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Documentation required or check BH10
Analysis
Educational
Level
 Work History
 Vocational Skills
 Barriers
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Re-employment Services
Referral to Education
Or Training
Counseling
Testing
Job Search
Workshop
Resume Preparation
Assistance
Labor Market
Information
Job Placement
Services
Intent
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The intent of PREP is to provide Re-employment Services,
not to deny benefits.
Try to re-set orientation appointment, instead of
exempting. If you schedule an individual for services,
please try to provide those services and code the plan as
having completed the services to receive credit.
Try not to exempt individuals if at all possible because
USDOL has requested that no more that 30% of those
scheduled be exempted from services.
Summary of Process
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Orientation
Assessment Interview
Service Plan to Schedule Services
Provide Reemployment Services
Enter completion code on Service Plan to receive
service credit and to remove Profiling flag
Enter completed services on EFM activities
screen
An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
All voice telephone numbers on this document may be reached by persons using TTY/TDD equipment via the Florida Relay
Service at 711.