TEGL 01-26 funds and governs FY 2026 Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments. State Workforce Agencies are the grantees, but the guidance is directly relevant to AJCCs because RESEA is designed to connect selected unemployment-insurance claimants to reemployment services and the broader workforce system.
Source + trust record
Source checked as of September 18, 2026. Primary authority: USDOL TEGL 01-26.
Check result: TEGL 01-26 is active FY 2026 RESEA funding and operating guidance for State Workforce Agencies. It governs state planning, service delivery, evidence-based interventions, and evaluation. The page’s local-system implications are explanatory and do not create a separate Local Board RESEA requirement. This AI-assisted brief does not receive human legal or compliance review. Official sources control.
WDB decision strip
| Status | Action | Primary owner | Current timing | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE FY 2026 FEDERAL GUIDANCE | ALIGN RESEA HANDOFFS | State UI / Workforce Agency + AJCC Partners | FY 2026 implementation | UI claimants · Reemployment · Evidence-based services · AJCC integration |
The bottom line
RESEA should function as an entry point into the workforce system, not as a stand-alone UI appointment.
DOL identifies four purposes for RESEA: improve employment outcomes and shorten UI duration, strengthen program integrity, increase integration with WIOA service delivery, and connect claimants to other workforce programs. For FY 2026, states must devote at least 40% of RESEA funds to interventions supported by high or moderate causal evidence; that evidence-based share rises to 50% in FY 2027.
What the state must manage
| Federal requirement | Operational implication |
|---|---|
| State RESEA plan | States define the service-delivery model, staffing, selection process, partnerships, evidence-based interventions, and evaluation approach within federal rules. |
| 40% evidence-based share in FY 2026 | A substantial portion of funding must support interventions with high or moderate causal evidence of improving employment and earnings. |
| 50% beginning FY 2027 | The evidence requirement becomes more demanding, increasing the value of tested service components and evaluation. |
| Program evaluation | States must continue building evidence about RESEA strategies and may evaluate whole programs or components. |
| UI + workforce integration | RESEA is intended to move claimants into relevant reemployment, WIOA, Wagner-Peyser, and partner services rather than operate as a disconnected process. |
The local handoff test
- Who receives the claimant? Staff should know the exact AJCC or workforce pathway triggered after RESEA identifies a reemployment need.
- What can happen immediately? Avoid unnecessary re-intake when information can be reused lawfully and operationally.
- Which service is appropriate? Job search, career planning, skills assessment, training, supportive services, employer connection, or another partner service should follow the customer’s need.
- How is the connection confirmed? A referral should include a feedback loop, not just a resource list.
- What is learned? Track whether the handoff improves engagement and reemployment rather than merely increasing referral volume.
Operational considerations for WDBs
- Understand California’s current RESEA service-delivery model and which AJCC/local partners are involved.
- Map the handoff from a selected UI claimant to Wagner-Peyser, Title I, training, and other partner services.
- Identify duplicate intake, assessment, or referral steps that create friction for claimants.
- Keep local training and service eligibility decisions separate from the RESEA selection process.
- Use reemployment outcomes and customer experience to evaluate the handoff, not just appointment completion.
Watch out
- This TEGL is directed to State Workforce Agencies. It does not create a separate Local Board grant.
- Do not interpret RESEA selection as automatic WIOA eligibility.
- Do not treat evidence-based-service requirements as a license to ignore state implementation rules.
- Do not let the UI appointment become a dead end to the rest of the workforce system.
Source authority
Primary source: USDOL TEGL 01-26 — FY 2026 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for UI RESEA Grants.
Status: DOL lists TEGL 01-26 as active. The 40% evidence-based requirement applies in FY 2026 and rises to 50% in FY 2027. Local integration recommendations above are WPU implementation aids; California’s RESEA operating model controls local roles. Source checked September 16, 2026.