Mr. Don Snow, Program Coordinator for Worker Profiling Re- employment Services, presented a report on worker profiling services. Mr. Snow said that worker profiling was enacted in 1994 by Congress as a way of identifying people who are likely to exhaust their unemployment benefits and to provide them services at an earlier point in time. He said that in some cases the state does not always meet its Title III disbursements and the funds go back to Washington. Since the passage of H.B. 1863, funds have been utilized to establish connectivity with most of the boards using PC and technology-based platforms. Currently, TWC employees and boards can call people in to make services available the quickest way.
Lists are prepared of individuals in descending order of probability of exhaustion.
Those on the top of the list will be called in first. Multiple entry into the system will be allowed, so that anybody who can provide the services can call people in. Mr. Snow pointed out that many people whose jobs have been phased out do not recognize how long their unemployment period may last. If they get into the process sooner, then the UI money can be used as income support while they go through retraining. Mr. Snow said that the issue of profiling is now being included in the Title III plan for the SSAs.