Evaluation of the Iowa RCM/RESEA Program

Marios Michaelides, Peter Mueser, Eileen Poe-Yamagata, Paris Nearchou and Iuliana Ciobanu
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Abstract: The Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program is a job-search assistance intervention targeting Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants in the United States. The program requires new UI claimants to attend a counseling session at the start of their UI claims to: 1) undergo an eligibility review to confirm their compliance with UI work search requirements, and 2) receive customized reemployment services. This study reports the results of a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Iowa RESEA/RCM program conducted in 2022-2023, a period of strong labor market conditions. The program required participants to attend regular case management and job counseling meetings for the duration of their UI claims. Results show that the program increased take-up of job counseling services and significantly reduced UI duration and benefit amounts collected, generating substantial savings for the UI system.

Date: 2026-04-07
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/z796a_v1

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