Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Congressional Rescissions for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adults and Dislocated Workers; Program Year (PY) 2006 WIA Planning Estimates for Adult Activities and Youth Activities; PY 2006 Allotments for Dislocated Worker Activities; PY 2006 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments; PY 2006 Workforce Information Grants; and FY 2006 Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit Allotments, 18572-18582 [06-3483]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Congressional
Rescissions for Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) Adults and Dislocated
Workers; Program Year (PY) 2006 WIA
Planning Estimates for Adult Activities
and Youth Activities; PY 2006
Allotments for Dislocated Worker
Activities; PY 2006 Wagner-Peyser Act
Final Allotments; PY 2006 Workforce
Information Grants; and FY 2006 Work
Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-toWork Tax Credit Allotments
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice announces FY
2006 Congressional rescissions for the
WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker
programs; planning estimates for PY
2006 (July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007) for the
WIA Youth and Adult programs;
allotments for the PY 2006 for the WIA
Dislocated Worker program; final
allotments for Employment Service (ES)
activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act
for PY 2006; Workforce Information
Grants for PY 2006; and Work
Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-toWork Tax Credit allotments for FY 2006.
The WIA allotments for states and the
final allotments for the Wagner-Peyser
Act are based on provisions defined in
their respective statutes. The WIA
allotments for the outlying areas are
based on a formula determined by the
Secretary. As required by WIA section
182(d), on February 17, 2000, a Notice
of the discretionary formula for
allocating PY 2000 funds for the
outlying areas American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Marianas, Palau, and the
Virgin Islands) was published in the
Federal Register at 65 FR 8236
(February 17, 2000). The rationale for
the formula and methodology was fully
explained in the February 17, 2000,
Federal Register Notice. The formula
methodology for PY 2006 is the same as
that used for PY 2000 and is described
in the section on youth allotments. The
data for the outlying areas was obtained
from the Bureau of the Census and was
based on 2000 census surveys for those
areas conducted either by the Bureau or
the outlying areas. Comments are
invited upon the formula used to allot
funds to the outlying areas.
DATES: Comments must be received by
May 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Financial and
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Administrative Management, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room N–4702,
Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Ms.
Sherryl Bailey, 202–693–2813 (phone),
202–693–2859 (fax), e-mail:
bailey.sherryl@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WIA
Youth Program allotments: Haskel
Lowery at 202–693–3030 or LaSharn
Youngblood at 202–693–3606; WIA
Adult and Dislocated Worker
Employment and Training Activities
allotments: Raymond Palmer at 202–
693–3535; and Employment Service
final allotments: Anthony Dais at 202–
693–3046 (these are not toll-free
numbers). Information may also be
found at the Web site: https://
www.doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor (DOL or
Department) is announcing WIA
planning estimates for PY 2006 (July 1,
2006—June 30, 2007) for Youth
Activities and Adult Activities,
allotments for PY 2006 WIA Dislocated
Worker Activities, and Wagner-Peyser
Act PY 2006 final allotments, as well as
the PY 2006 Workforce Information
Grants and FY 2006 Work Opportunity
Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax
Credit allotments. This document
provides information on the amount of
funds to be available during PY 2006 to
states with an approved WIA Title I and
Wagner-Peyser 2-Year Strategic Plan
(formally the 5-Year Strategic Plan) and
information regarding allotments to the
outlying areas. The allotments are based
on the funds appropriated in the
Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2006, Public Law 109–149, December
30, 2005. The Department of Defense,
Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations to Address Hurricanes
in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic
Influenza Act, 2006, Public Law 109–
148, Division B, Title III, Chapter 8
(December 30, 2005), required a
government-wide reduction of 1.0
percent to all FY 2006 discretionary
programs, including FY 2006 advance
funds for the WIA Adult and Dislocated
Worker programs appropriated in the
FY 2005 appropriation. Attached are
tables listing the rescissions to the FY
2006 advance funds for the WIA Adult
(Attachment II–A) and Dislocated
Worker (Attachment III–A) programs.
Also attached are tables displaying the
PY 2006 planning estimates for WIA
Title I Youth Activities (Attachment I)
and Adult Activities (Attachment II–B),
PY 2006 allotments for Dislocated
Worker Activities (Attachment III–B)
and PY 2006 Wagner-Peyser Act final
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allotments (Attachment IV), PY 2006
Workforce Information Grants
(Attachment V) and FY 2006 Work
Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-toWork Tax Credit allotments
(Attachment VI).
Youth Activities Planning Estimates.
Total funding for PY 2006 WIA Youth
Activities is $940,500,000. Attachment I
includes a breakdown of the Youth
Activities state planning estimates for
PY 2006 for all states and outlying areas.
In accordance with WIA section 127,
before determining the amount available
for states, the amount available for the
outlying areas was reserved at 0.25
percent, or $2,351,250 of the total
amount appropriated for Youth
Activities, and 1.5 percent, or
$14,107,500, was reserved for Native
Americans.
The methodology for distributing
funds among outlying areas is not
specified by WIA, but is at the
Secretary’s discretion. The methodology
used is the same as that used since PY
2000, i.e., funds are distributed among
the remaining areas by formula based on
the relative share of the number of
unemployed, a 90 percent holdharmless of the prior year share, a
$75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent
stop-gain of the prior year share. Data
for the relative share calculation in the
PY 2006 formula were from 2000 census
data from all outlying areas. The
Marshall Islands and Micronesia no
longer receive WIA Title I funding
pursuant to Public Law 108–188,
Compact of Free Association
Amendments of 2003, (December 17,
2003); instead, these areas now receive
funding from the Department of
Education appropriation. The Compact
also provides that Palau will continue to
receive funding through September
2007 under WIA Title I funding
provisions.
After determining the amount for the
outlying areas and Native Americans,
the amount available for allotment to
the states for PY 2006 is $924,041,250.
The three factors required in WIA for
the Youth Program state allotment
formula use the following data for the
PY 2006 allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed for areas
of substantial unemployment (ASUs),
averages for the 12-month period, July
2004 through preliminary June 2005;
(2) Number of excess unemployed
individuals or the ASU excess
unemployed individuals (depending on
which is higher), averages for the same
12-month period used for ASU
unemployed data; and
(3) Number of economically
disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,
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excluding college students and
military), 2000 Census.
The computation of full state
allotments for the youth program is
delayed while states identify their ASU
data for the PY 2006 allotments under
revised guidance issued by the
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA). The states’ initial
identification of the PY 2006 ASUs was
based on guidance from ETA and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that did
not allow the use of 2000 decennial
census data because of problems
identified by the Bureau of Census. An
analysis of the initial state PY 2006 ASU
data by ETA revealed a significant
impact on state funding that was very
likely due to the methodology rather
than changes in unemployment. As a
result of this analysis and consideration
of concerns raised by several states, ETA
has issued revised instructions to states
to identify ASUs using the only data
satisfactory to ETA for this purpose, the
1990 census data, albeit dated. Since
revised ASU data are not available in
time to compute youth allotments before
the April 1, 2006, availability of funds,
states are initially receiving amounts
based on the minimum amounts states
are guaranteed under the WIA formula
minimum provisions, described below.
Since the total amount available for
states in PY 2006 is below the required
$1 billion threshold specified in WIA
Section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV), similar to
PY 2005, the WIA additional minimum
provisions are not applicable. Instead,
as required by WIA, the JTPA section
262(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of
the Job Training Reform Amendments of
1992) minimums of 90 percent holdharmless of the prior year allotment
percentage and 0.25 percent state
minimum floor are applicable.
Consistent with these minimum
provisions, states will receive amounts
equivalent to the higher of: 90 percent
of their prior year allotment percentage
applied to the PY 2006 total funds
available for states, or, if higher, 0.25
percent of the PY 2006 total funds
available for states. When revised ASU
data are submitted by states and
certified by BLS, full formula allotments
for the states for the WIA Youth
program will be calculated and
announced in the Federal Register, and
eligible states will receive their
remaining formula funds.
Adult Employment and Training
Activities Planning Estimates. The total
Adult Employment and Training
Activities appropriation is
$864,198,640. Attachment II-B shows
the PY 2006 Adult Activities planning
estimates by state. Like the Youth
program, the total available for the
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outlying areas was reserved at 0.25
percent, or $2,160,497 of the full
amount appropriated for adults. As
discussed in the Youth Activities
paragraph, beginning in PY 2006, WIA
funding for the Marshall Islands and
Micronesia is no longer provided;
instead, their funding is provided in the
Department of Education’s
appropriation. The Adult program funds
for grants to the remaining outlying
areas, for which the distribution
methodology is at the Secretary’s
discretion, were distributed among the
areas by the same principles, formula
and data as used for outlying areas for
the Youth program. After determining
the amount for the outlying areas, the
amount available for allotments to the
states is $862,038,143. The three factors
for the Adult program state allotment
formula use the same data as used for
the Youth program formula, except that
data for the number of economically
disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military)
are used. As described above for the
Youth program, the computation of the
full state Adult program allotments is
delayed while states identify their ASU
data for the PY 2006 allotments under
revised guidance issued by ETA. Should
final allotments not be announced
before July 1, ETA will initially provide
amounts based on the minimum
amounts states are guaranteed under the
WIA formula minimum provisions,
described below.
Since the total amount available for
the Adult program for states in PY 2006
is below the required $960 million
threshold specified in WIA Section
132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), similar to PY 2005,
the WIA additional minimum
provisions are not applicable. Instead,
as required by WIA, the JTPA section
202(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of
the Job Training Reform Amendments of
1992) minimums of 90 percent holdharmless of the prior year allotment
percentage and 0.25 percent state
minimum floor are applicable.
Consistent with these minimum
provisions, states will receive amounts
based on the higher of: 90 percent of
their prior year allotment percentage
applied to the PY 2006 total funds
available for states, or, if higher, 0.25
percent of the total PY 2006 funds
available for states. When revised ASU
data are submitted by states and
certified by BLS, full formula allotments
for the states for the WIA Adult program
will be calculated and announced in the
Federal Register, and eligible states will
receive their remaining formula funds.
Dislocated Worker Employment and
Training Activities Allotments. The total
Dislocated Worker appropriation is
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$1,471,903,360. The total appropriation
includes $1,189,811,360 in formula
funds for the states and $282,092,000 for
the National Reserve for the National
Emergency Grants, technical assistance
and training, demonstration projects
(including Community-Based Job
Training Grants), the outlying areas’
Dislocated Worker allotments, and
additional assistance to eligible states.
Attachment III–B shows the PY 2006
Dislocated Worker Activities fund
allotments by state. Like the Youth and
Adult programs, the total available for
the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25
percent, or $3,679,758 of the full
amount appropriated for Dislocated
Worker Activities. WIA funding for the
Marshall Islands and Micronesia is no
longer provided, as discussed above.
The Dislocated Worker program funds
for grants to outlying areas, for which
the distribution methodology is at the
Secretary’s discretion, were distributed
among the remaining areas by the same
pro rata share as the areas received for
the PY 2006 WIA Adult Activities
program, the same methodology used in
PY 2005. For the state distribution of
formula funds, the three formula factors
required in WIA use the following data
for the PY 2006 allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed, averages
for the 12-month period, October 2004
through September 2005;
(2) Number of excess unemployed,
averages for the 12-month period,
October 2004 through September 2005;
and
(3) Number of long-term unemployed,
averages for calendar year 2004.
Since the Dislocated Worker program
formula has no floor amount or holdharmless provisions, funding changes
for states directly reflect the impact of
changes in the number of unemployed.
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments.
The Employment Service program
involves a Federal-state partnership
between the U.S. Department of Labor
and the state workforce agencies. Under
the Wagner-Peyser Act, funds are
allotted to each state to administer core
employment and workforce information
services that respond to the needs of the
state’s employers and workers through
the One-Stop service delivery system
established by the state. Total funds
appropriated for the Employment
Service program allotments is
$815,882,860. Attachment IV shows the
Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments for
PY 2006 for states and outlying areas.
These final allotments have been
produced using the formula set forth at
Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29
U.S.C. 49e. They are based on averages
of the civilian labor force (CLF) and
unemployment for Calendar Year 2005.
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State planning estimates reflect $18
million being withheld from
distribution to states to finance postage
costs associated with the conduct of
employment services for PY 2006. The
Secretary of Labor is required to set
aside up to three percent of the total
available funds to assure that each state
will have sufficient resources to
maintain statewide Employment Service
activities, as required under section
6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In
accordance with this provision, the
three percent set-aside funds are
included in the total planning estimate.
The set-aside funds are distributed in
two steps to states that have lost in
relative share of resources from the
previous year. In Step 1, states that have
a CLF below one million and are also
below the median CLF density are
maintained at 100 percent of their
relative share of prior year resources.
All remaining set-aside funds are
distributed on a pro-rata basis in Step 2
to all other states losing in relative share
from the prior year but not meeting the
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size and density criteria for Step 1.
Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser
Act, ten percent of the total sums
allotted to each state shall be reserved
for use by the Governor to provide
performance incentives for ES offices;
services for groups with special needs;
and for the extra costs of exemplary
models for delivering job services.
Workforce Information Grants. Total
PY 2006 funding for Workforce
Information Grants to states is
$33,180,000. The allotment figures for
each state are listed in Attachment V.
Funds are distributed by administrative
formula, with a reserve of $962,200 for
postage and $177,323 for Guam and the
Virgin Islands. The remaining funds are
distributed to the states with 40 percent
distributed equally to all states and 60
percent distributed on each state’s share
of CLF for the 12 months ending
September 2005.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit and
Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit Programs:
Grants to States. Total funding for FY
2006 is $17,677,440. Attachment VI
shows the PY 2006 Work Opportunity
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Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax
Credit (WOTC/WtW) grants by state.
After reserving $512,646 for postage and
$20,000 for the Virgin Islands, funds are
distributed to states by administrative
formula with a $64,000 minimum
allotment and a 95 percent stop-loss/120
percent stop-gain from the prior year
allotment share percentage. The
allocation formula is as follows:
(1) 50 percent based on each state’s
relative share of total FY 2005
certifications issued for the WOTC/WtW
Tax Credit programs;
(2) 30 percent based on each state’s
relative share of the CLF for twelve
months ending September 2005; and
(3) 20 percent based on each state’s
relative share of the adult recipients of
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) for FY 2004.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of
April, 2006.
Mason M. Bishop,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
and Training.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Congressional Rescissions for Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) Adults and Dislocated Workers; Program Year (PY)
2006 WIA Planning Estimates for Adult Activities and Youth Activities;
PY 2006 Allotments for Dislocated Worker Activities; PY 2006 Wagner-
Peyser Act Final Allotments; PY 2006 Workforce Information Grants; and
FY 2006 Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit
Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces FY 2006 Congressional rescissions for
the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs; planning estimates for PY
2006 (July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007) for the WIA Youth and Adult programs;
allotments for the PY 2006 for the WIA Dislocated Worker program; final
allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-
Peyser Act for PY 2006; Workforce Information Grants for PY 2006; and
Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit allotments
for FY 2006.
The WIA allotments for states and the final allotments for the
Wagner-Peyser Act are based on provisions defined in their respective
statutes. The WIA allotments for the outlying areas are based on a
formula determined by the Secretary. As required by WIA section 182(d),
on February 17, 2000, a Notice of the discretionary formula for
allocating PY 2000 funds for the outlying areas American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Marianas, Palau, and the Virgin Islands) was published in the
Federal Register at 65 FR 8236 (February 17, 2000). The rationale for
the formula and methodology was fully explained in the February 17,
2000, Federal Register Notice. The formula methodology for PY 2006 is
the same as that used for PY 2000 and is described in the section on
youth allotments. The data for the outlying areas was obtained from the
Bureau of the Census and was based on 2000 census surveys for those
areas conducted either by the Bureau or the outlying areas. Comments
are invited upon the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Financial and Administrative Management, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room N-4702, Washington, DC 20210, Attention:
Ms. Sherryl Bailey, 202-693-2813 (phone), 202-693-2859 (fax), e-mail:
bailey.sherryl@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WIA Youth Program allotments: Haskel
Lowery at 202-693-3030 or LaSharn Youngblood at 202-693-3606; WIA Adult
and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities allotments:
Raymond Palmer at 202-693-3535; and Employment Service final
allotments: Anthony Dais at 202-693-3046 (these are not toll-free
numbers). Information may also be found at the Web site: https://
www.doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department)
is announcing WIA planning estimates for PY 2006 (July 1, 2006--June
30, 2007) for Youth Activities and Adult Activities, allotments for PY
2006 WIA Dislocated Worker Activities, and Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2006
final allotments, as well as the PY 2006 Workforce Information Grants
and FY 2006 Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit
allotments. This document provides information on the amount of funds
to be available during PY 2006 to states with an approved WIA Title I
and Wagner-Peyser 2-Year Strategic Plan (formally the 5-Year Strategic
Plan) and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas. The
allotments are based on the funds appropriated in the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109-149, December 30, 2005. The
Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address
Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006,
Public Law 109-148, Division B, Title III, Chapter 8 (December 30,
2005), required a government-wide reduction of 1.0 percent to all FY
2006 discretionary programs, including FY 2006 advance funds for the
WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs appropriated in the FY 2005
appropriation. Attached are tables listing the rescissions to the FY
2006 advance funds for the WIA Adult (Attachment II-A) and Dislocated
Worker (Attachment III-A) programs. Also attached are tables displaying
the PY 2006 planning estimates for WIA Title I Youth Activities
(Attachment I) and Adult Activities (Attachment II-B), PY 2006
allotments for Dislocated Worker Activities (Attachment III-B) and PY
2006 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Attachment IV), PY 2006
Workforce Information Grants (Attachment V) and FY 2006 Work
Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit allotments
(Attachment VI).
Youth Activities Planning Estimates. Total funding for PY 2006 WIA
Youth Activities is $940,500,000. Attachment I includes a breakdown of
the Youth Activities state planning estimates for PY 2006 for all
states and outlying areas. In accordance with WIA section 127, before
determining the amount available for states, the amount available for
the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent, or $2,351,250 of the
total amount appropriated for Youth Activities, and 1.5 percent, or
$14,107,500, was reserved for Native Americans.
The methodology for distributing funds among outlying areas is not
specified by WIA, but is at the Secretary's discretion. The methodology
used is the same as that used since PY 2000, i.e., funds are
distributed among the remaining areas by formula based on the relative
share of the number of unemployed, a 90 percent hold-harmless of the
prior year share, a $75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain of the
prior year share. Data for the relative share calculation in the PY
2006 formula were from 2000 census data from all outlying areas. The
Marshall Islands and Micronesia no longer receive WIA Title I funding
pursuant to Public Law 108-188, Compact of Free Association Amendments
of 2003, (December 17, 2003); instead, these areas now receive funding
from the Department of Education appropriation. The Compact also
provides that Palau will continue to receive funding through September
2007 under WIA Title I funding provisions.
After determining the amount for the outlying areas and Native
Americans, the amount available for allotment to the states for PY 2006
is $924,041,250. The three factors required in WIA for the Youth
Program state allotment formula use the following data for the PY 2006
allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed for areas of substantial unemployment
(ASUs), averages for the 12-month period, July 2004 through preliminary
June 2005;
(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
unemployed individuals (depending on which is higher), averages for the
same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data; and
(3) Number of economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,
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excluding college students and military), 2000 Census.
The computation of full state allotments for the youth program is
delayed while states identify their ASU data for the PY 2006 allotments
under revised guidance issued by the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA). The states' initial identification of the PY 2006
ASUs was based on guidance from ETA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) that did not allow the use of 2000 decennial census data because
of problems identified by the Bureau of Census. An analysis of the
initial state PY 2006 ASU data by ETA revealed a significant impact on
state funding that was very likely due to the methodology rather than
changes in unemployment. As a result of this analysis and consideration
of concerns raised by several states, ETA has issued revised
instructions to states to identify ASUs using the only data
satisfactory to ETA for this purpose, the 1990 census data, albeit
dated. Since revised ASU data are not available in time to compute
youth allotments before the April 1, 2006, availability of funds,
states are initially receiving amounts based on the minimum amounts
states are guaranteed under the WIA formula minimum provisions,
described below.
Since the total amount available for states in PY 2006 is below the
required $1 billion threshold specified in WIA Section
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV), similar to PY 2005, the WIA additional minimum
provisions are not applicable. Instead, as required by WIA, the JTPA
section 262(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of the Job Training Reform
Amendments of 1992) minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior
year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent state minimum floor are
applicable. Consistent with these minimum provisions, states will
receive amounts equivalent to the higher of: 90 percent of their prior
year allotment percentage applied to the PY 2006 total funds available
for states, or, if higher, 0.25 percent of the PY 2006 total funds
available for states. When revised ASU data are submitted by states and
certified by BLS, full formula allotments for the states for the WIA
Youth program will be calculated and announced in the Federal Register,
and eligible states will receive their remaining formula funds.
Adult Employment and Training Activities Planning Estimates. The
total Adult Employment and Training Activities appropriation is
$864,198,640. Attachment II-B shows the PY 2006 Adult Activities
planning estimates by state. Like the Youth program, the total
available for the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent, or
$2,160,497 of the full amount appropriated for adults. As discussed in
the Youth Activities paragraph, beginning in PY 2006, WIA funding for
the Marshall Islands and Micronesia is no longer provided; instead,
their funding is provided in the Department of Education's
appropriation. The Adult program funds for grants to the remaining
outlying areas, for which the distribution methodology is at the
Secretary's discretion, were distributed among the areas by the same
principles, formula and data as used for outlying areas for the Youth
program. After determining the amount for the outlying areas, the
amount available for allotments to the states is $862,038,143. The
three factors for the Adult program state allotment formula use the
same data as used for the Youth program formula, except that data for
the number of economically disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military) are used. As described above
for the Youth program, the computation of the full state Adult program
allotments is delayed while states identify their ASU data for the PY
2006 allotments under revised guidance issued by ETA. Should final
allotments not be announced before July 1, ETA will initially provide
amounts based on the minimum amounts states are guaranteed under the
WIA formula minimum provisions, described below.
Since the total amount available for the Adult program for states
in PY 2006 is below the required $960 million threshold specified in
WIA Section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), similar to PY 2005, the WIA
additional minimum provisions are not applicable. Instead, as required
by WIA, the JTPA section 202(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of the
Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992) minimums of 90 percent hold-
harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent state
minimum floor are applicable. Consistent with these minimum provisions,
states will receive amounts based on the higher of: 90 percent of their
prior year allotment percentage applied to the PY 2006 total funds
available for states, or, if higher, 0.25 percent of the total PY 2006
funds available for states. When revised ASU data are submitted by
states and certified by BLS, full formula allotments for the states for
the WIA Adult program will be calculated and announced in the Federal
Register, and eligible states will receive their remaining formula
funds.
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments.
The total Dislocated Worker appropriation is $1,471,903,360. The total
appropriation includes $1,189,811,360 in formula funds for the states
and $282,092,000 for the National Reserve for the National Emergency
Grants, technical assistance and training, demonstration projects
(including Community-Based Job Training Grants), the outlying areas'
Dislocated Worker allotments, and additional assistance to eligible
states. Attachment III-B shows the PY 2006 Dislocated Worker Activities
fund allotments by state. Like the Youth and Adult programs, the total
available for the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent, or
$3,679,758 of the full amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker
Activities. WIA funding for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia is no
longer provided, as discussed above. The Dislocated Worker program
funds for grants to outlying areas, for which the distribution
methodology is at the Secretary's discretion, were distributed among
the remaining areas by the same pro rata share as the areas received
for the PY 2006 WIA Adult Activities program, the same methodology used
in PY 2005. For the state distribution of formula funds, the three
formula factors required in WIA use the following data for the PY 2006
allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October
2004 through September 2005;
(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period,
October 2004 through September 2005; and
(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for calendar year
2004.
Since the Dislocated Worker program formula has no floor amount or
hold-harmless provisions, funding changes for states directly reflect
the impact of changes in the number of unemployed.
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments. The Employment Service program
involves a Federal-state partnership between the U.S. Department of
Labor and the state workforce agencies. Under the Wagner-Peyser Act,
funds are allotted to each state to administer core employment and
workforce information services that respond to the needs of the state's
employers and workers through the One-Stop service delivery system
established by the state. Total funds appropriated for the Employment
Service program allotments is $815,882,860. Attachment IV shows the
Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments for PY 2006 for states and outlying
areas. These final allotments have been produced using the formula set
forth at Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e. They are
based on averages of the civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment
for Calendar Year 2005.
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State planning estimates reflect $18 million being withheld from
distribution to states to finance postage costs associated with the
conduct of employment services for PY 2006. The Secretary of Labor is
required to set aside up to three percent of the total available funds
to assure that each state will have sufficient resources to maintain
statewide Employment Service activities, as required under section
6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In accordance with this provision,
the three percent set-aside funds are included in the total planning
estimate. The set-aside funds are distributed in two steps to states
that have lost in relative share of resources from the previous year.
In Step 1, states that have a CLF below one million and are also below
the median CLF density are maintained at 100 percent of their relative
share of prior year resources. All remaining set-aside funds are
distributed on a pro-rata basis in Step 2 to all other states losing in
relative share from the prior year but not meeting the size and density
criteria for Step 1. Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, ten
percent of the total sums allotted to each state shall be reserved for
use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for ES offices;
services for groups with special needs; and for the extra costs of
exemplary models for delivering job services.
Workforce Information Grants. Total PY 2006 funding for Workforce
Information Grants to states is $33,180,000. The allotment figures for
each state are listed in Attachment V. Funds are distributed by
administrative formula, with a reserve of $962,200 for postage and
$177,323 for Guam and the Virgin Islands. The remaining funds are
distributed to the states with 40 percent distributed equally to all
states and 60 percent distributed on each state's share of CLF for the
12 months ending September 2005.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit
Programs: Grants to States. Total funding for FY 2006 is $17,677,440.
Attachment VI shows the PY 2006 Work Opportunity Tax Credit and
Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WOTC/WtW) grants by state. After reserving
$512,646 for postage and $20,000 for the Virgin Islands, funds are
distributed to states by administrative formula with a $64,000 minimum
allotment and a 95 percent stop-loss/120 percent stop-gain from the
prior year allotment share percentage. The allocation formula is as
follows:
(1) 50 percent based on each state's relative share of total FY
2005 certifications issued for the WOTC/WtW Tax Credit programs;
(2) 30 percent based on each state's relative share of the CLF for
twelve months ending September 2005; and
(3) 20 percent based on each state's relative share of the adult
recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for FY
2004.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April, 2006.
Mason M. Bishop,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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