US SB3379

States may use up to 20% of reemployment services grant funds (capped at $3,000,000) to provide reemployment services and eligibility assessments to unemployment claimants immediately upon filing an initial claim

Claimants cannot be denied unemployment benefits solely for failing to participate in early intervention services during the period between their initial claim and first week of compensation

States remain in compliance with grant requirements and do not have to return funds if they provide early intervention services to claimants who are later determined ineligible for unemployment compensation

Claimants found ineligible for regular compensation lose access to early intervention services unless funded by another source or available to the general public

Expenditures on early interventions may count toward existing threshold requirements for state reemployment programs