Metropolitan Area Reemployment Project

The Metropolitan Area Reemployment Project is a joint effort between Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The project has been designed to provide timely, consistent, and coordinated reemployment services to Federal workers facing job displacement in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For further information, select from the topics listed below:

  • Geographic eligibility
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Title III Dislocated Worker Services
  • Employment Services
  • Virginia Locations
  • Maryland Locations
  • District of Columbia Locations

    • Program Overview

    The services available through the Metropolitan Area Reemployment project will be provided through a variety of agencies including each jurisdictions Unemployment Insurance, State Employment Service and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) providers.

    Services are available at a variety of locations; those locations are listed in succeeding sections of this document. The project has been designed so that the displaced Federal worker might receive services at a location near their worksite, prior to displacement, or near their residence, after displacement. Once an individual receives either a 180 day notice or a 60 day notice, they can apply for services. In many instances, services might be initiated at the Federal agency's Career Transition Center and supplemented through this project.

    Some important factors to remember are:

  • Any claim for Unemployment Insurance benefits must be filed through the jurisdiction from which the Federal worker was displaced. Typically, a displaced worker will file in the jurisdiction where they live against the jurisdiction where they worked. In many cases, bulk claims will be taken on site prior to the individuals's last day of work.

  • State Employment Service programs are standard throughout the jurisdictions. There are no requirements regarding eligibility for services.

  • Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III (Dislocated Worker) services have been standiardized for this project. The displaced Federal worker can apply for services where they live or where they work. Through special project funds that have been provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, the following Dislocated Worker services have been standardized:

    1. Blanket Dislocated Worker eligibility for any displaced federal worker who worked in the geographical area known as the Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA. Project eligibility is extended regardless of where they live. See the Geographic Eligibility section for a breakout of this PMSA.

    2. Payment of a "Relocation Allowance" of up to $1000 for a displaced Federal worker who is forced to relocate for new employment

    3. A standardized list of training vendors for the displaced Federal worker seeking to take advantage of fully paid retraining programs.

    4. Where applicable, provision of weekly "Needs Related Payments" in an amount up to $175 for the displaced Federal worker who exhausts their Unemployment Insurance Benefits and remains in a qualifying retraining program.

    Numerous other services have been standardized and are discussed on this page. To take advantage of any of these opportunities, please contact the appropriate agency as listed on this page, or call the Washington, DC Metro Area Reemployment Center at (202) 565-6672.

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    Updated 11 Nov 1996