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Type of Review: Revision of a
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Title: One-Stop Workforce
Information Grant Plan and Annual
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Affected Public: State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
54.
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Hours: 31,174.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
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products and services reimbursable
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on an annual basis: (1) Certification of
grant deliverables, (2) economic analysis
economic report for the governor, and
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309 of the Workforce Investment Act of
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additional information, see related
notice published at 72 FR 71159 on
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Darrin A. King,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment and Training
Administration Program Year (PY) 2008
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Allotments and Additional Funds from
WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/
Dislocated Worker Activities for
Eligible States; PY 2008 WagnerPeyser Act Final Allotments; PY 2008
Workforce Information Grants and FY
2008 Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Allotments
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice announces states’
allotments for PY 2008 (July 1, 2008–
June 30, 2009) for WIA Title I Youth,
Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities
programs; additional PY 2008 funding
from WIA section 173(e) for eligible
states; final allotments for Employment
Service (ES) activities under the
Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2008;
Workforce Information Grants for PY
2008; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit
(WOTC) allotments for FY 2008.
The WIA allotments for states and the
final allotments for the Wagner-Peyser
Act are based on formulas 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,
Marshall Islands, Micronesia, 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 for PY 2008 is the
same as used for PY 2000 and is
described in the section on Youth
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Activities program allotments.
Comments are invited on the formula
used to allot funds to the outlying areas.
DATES: Comments on the formula used
to allot funds to the outlying areas must
be received by April 28, 2008.
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:
Mr. Kenneth Leung, (202) 693–3471
(phone), (202) 693–2859 (fax), e-mail:
Leung.Kenneth@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WIA
Youth Activities allotments: Evan
Rosenberg at (202) 693–3593 or LaSharn
Youngblood at (202) 693–3606; WIA
Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities,
ES final allotments, and WOTC
allotments: Mike Qualter at (202)-693–
3014 or Bill Goodwin at (202) 693–2787;
Workforce Information Grant
allotments: Anthony Dais at (202) 693–
2784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor (DOL or
Department) is announcing WIA
allotments for PY 2008 (July 1, 2007–
June 30, 2008) for Youth Activities,
Adults and Dislocated Worker
Activities, and Wagner-Peyser Act PY
2008 final allotments. This document
provides information on the amount of
funds available during PY 2008 to states
with an approved WIA Title I and
Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY
2008, and information regarding
allotments to the outlying areas.
The allotments are based on the funds
appropriated in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act 2008, Public Law
110–161, December 26, 2007. Attached
are tables listing the PY 2008 allotments
for programs under WIA Title I Youth
Activities (Attachment I), Adult and
Dislocated Workers Employment and
Training Activities (Attachments II and
III, respectively), additional assistance
under section 173(e) (Attachment IV),
and the PY 2008 Wagner-Peyser Act
final allotments (Attachment V). Also
attached are the PY 2008 Workforce
Information Grant table (Attachment VI)
and the FY 2008 Work Opportunity Tax
Credit allotment table (Attachment VII).
Youth Activities Allotments. PY 2008
Youth Activities funds under WIA total
$924,069,465. Attachment I includes a
breakdown of the Youth Activities
program allotments for PY 2008 and
provides a comparison of these
allotments to PY 2007 Youth Activities
allotments for all states, outlying areas,
Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia. Before determining the
amount available for states, the total
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funding available for the outlying areas
was reserved at 0.25 percent of the full
amount appropriated for Youth
Activities. On December 17, 2003, the
President signed Public Law 108–188,
the Compact of Free Association
Amendments Act of 2003, which
provides for consolidation of all
funding, including WIA Title I, for the
Marshall Islands and Micronesia into
supplemental funding grants in the
Department of Education. The
Department of Education’s
appropriations now include funding for
these supplemental grants; therefore,
WIA Title I funds are no longer being
provided for these two areas. The
Compact, as amended by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008,
Division F, section 124, continues the
availability of programs previously
available to Palau through September
2009, including WIA Title I funding
provisions. The methodology for
distributing funds to all outlying areas
is not specified by WIA, but is at the
Secretary’s discretion. The methodology
used is the same as used since PY 2000,
i.e., funds are distributed among the
remaining areas by formula based on
relative share of 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. As in PY 2007, data for the
relative share calculation in the PY 2008
formula were from 2000 census data for
all outlying areas, obtained from the
Bureau of the Census (Bureau) and are
based on 2000 census surveys for those
areas conducted either by the Bureau or
the outlying areas under the guidance of
the Bureau. The total amount available
for Native Americans is 1.5 percent of
the total amount for Youth Activities, in
accordance with WIA section 127. After
determining the amount for the outlying
areas and Native Americans, the amount
available for allotment to the states for
PY 2008 is $907,898,249. This total
amount was below the required $1
billion threshold specified in section
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, as in PY
2007, the WIA additional minimum
provisions were not applied, and,
instead, as required by WIA, the Job
Training Partnership Act (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 were used. Also, as
required by WIA, the provision applying
a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year
allotment percentage was used. The
three formula factors required in WIA
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use the following data for the PY 2008
allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed for Areas
of Substantial Unemployment (ASU’s),
averages for the 12-month period, July
2006 through June 2007;
(2) Number of excess unemployed
individuals or the ASU excess
(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,
excluding college students and
military), from special 2000 Census
calculations.
The ASU data for the PY 2008
allotments was identified by the states
using special 2000 Census data based on
households, obtained under
Employment and Training
Administration contract with the
Census Bureau and provided to states by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Adult Employment and Training
Activities Allotments. The total Adult
Employment and Training Activities
appropriation is $861,540,083.
Attachment II shows the PY 2008 Adult
Employment and Training Activities
allotments and comparison to PY 2007
allotments by state. Like the Youth
Activities program, the total available
for the outlying areas was reserved at
0.25 percent of the full amount
appropriated for Adult Activities. As
discussed in the Youth Activities
section, beginning in PY 2005, WIA
funding for the Marshall Islands and
Micronesia is no longer provided;
instead, funding is provided in the
Department of Education’s
appropriation. The Adult Activities
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 Youth Activities. After
determining the amount for the outlying
areas, the amount available for
allotments to the states is $859,386,233.
Like the Youth Activities program, the
WIA minimum provisions were not
applied for the PY 2008 allotments
because the total amount available for
the states was below the $960 million
threshold required for Adult Activities
in section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead,
as required by WIA, the minimum
allotments were calculated using 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. Also, like the
Youth Activities program, a provision
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applying a 130 percent stop-gain of the
prior year allotment percentage was
used. The three formula factors use the
same data as used for the PY 2007
Youth Activities formula, except that
data from the 2000 Census for the
number of economically disadvantaged
adults (age 22 to 72, excluding college
students and military) were used.
Dislocated Worker Employment and
Training Activities Allotments. The total
Dislocated Worker appropriation is
$1,464,707,055. The total appropriation
includes formula funds for the states,
while the National Reserve is used for
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 shows the PY 2008
Dislocated Worker Activities fund
allotments by state. Like the Youth and
Adult Activities programs, the total
available for the outlying areas was
reserved at 0.25 percent 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 Activities 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 2008 WIA Adult Activities
program, the same methodology used in
PY 2007. For the state distribution of
formula funds, the three formula factors
required in WIA use the following data
for the PY 2008 allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed, averages
for the 12-month period, October 2006
through September 2007;
(2) Number of excess unemployed,
averages for the 12-month period,
October 2006 through September 2007;
and
(3) Number of long-term unemployed,
averages for calendar year 2006. Since
the Dislocated Worker Activities
formula has no floor amount or holdharmless provisions, funding changes
for states directly reflect the impact of
changes in the number of unemployed.
Additional Funding from WIA Section
173(e) for Adult/Dislocated Worker
Activities for Eligible States. WIA
Section 173(e) provides that up to $15
million from Dislocated Workers reserve
funds is to be made available annually
to certain states that receive less funds
under the WIA Adult Activities formula
than they would have received had the
JTPA Title II-A Adult program formula
been in effect. The amount of the grants
is based on the difference between the
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WIA and JTPA formula allotments;
funds are available for grants for up to
eight states with the largest difference.
The additional funding must be used for
Adult or Dislocated Worker Activities.
In PY 2008, two states are eligible for
these additional funds, for a total of
$1,777,266 (Attachment IV).
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments.
The appropriated level for PY 2008 for
ES grants totals $703,376,524. After
determining the funding for outlying
areas, allotments to states were
calculated using the formula set forth at
section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29
U.S.C. 49e). PY 2008 formula allotments
were based on each state’s share of
calendar year 2007 monthly averages of
the civilian labor force (CLF) and
unemployment. 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 setaside funds are included in the total
allotment. The set-aside funds were
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
were maintained at 100 percent of their
relative share of prior year resources.
All remaining set-aside funds were
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. The
distribution of Wagner-Peyser Act funds
(Attachment V) includes $701,661,936
for states, as well as $1,714,588 for
outlying areas.
Traditionally, a portion of WagnerPeyser Act formula funds have been set
aside in a reserve to pay centrally for
states’ postage costs associated with the
conduct of labor exchange services.
Beginning October 1, 2007 (FY 2008),
states and outlying areas were required
to pay for their own postage costs with
their formula grants. Consequently,
beginning with PY 2008, there is no
longer a postage reserve taken off-thetop from funds distributed by formula,
and all funds are now distributed by
formula.
Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser
Act, 10 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.
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Workforce Information Grants. Total
PY 2008 funding for Workforce
Information Grants to states is
$31,863,448. The allotment figures for
each state are listed in Attachment VI.
Funds are distributed by administrative
formula, with a reserve of $176,472 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 based on each state’s share
of CLF for the 12 months ending
September 2007. As in the WagnerPeyser program, there is no longer a
postage reserve taken from funds
distributed by formula. Instead, all
funds are distributed by formula and all
states will use their formula grants to
cover postage costs.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Program: Grants to States. Total funding
for FY 2008 is $17,368,183. After
reserving $20,000 for the Virgin Islands,
funds were distributed to states by
administrative formula with a $66,000
minimum allotment and a 95 percent
stop-loss/120 percent stop-gain from the
prior year allotment share percentage.
The allotment formula data factors and
related percentages used are as follows:
(1) 50 percent based on each state’s
relative share of total FY 2007
certifications issued for the WOTC
program;
(2) 30 percent based on each state’s
relative share of the CLF for twelve
months ending September 2007; and
(3) 20 percent based on each state’s
relative share of the adult recipients of
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) for FY 2006.
The final distribution of WOTC
funding includes $17,348,183 for states
and $20,000 for the Virgin Islands. As
in the Wagner-Peyser Act program, there
is no longer a postage reserve taken from
funds distributed by formula. Instead,
all funds are distributed by formula and
all states will use their formula grants to
cover postage costs. The total allotment
distribution by state is displayed in
Attachment VII.
Signed: at Washington, DC on this 20th day
of March, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Acting Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2008
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allotments and Additional Funds from WIA
Section 173(e) for Adult/Dislocated Worker Activities for Eligible
States; PY 2008 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments; PY 2008 Workforce
Information Grants and FY 2008 Work Opportunity Tax Credit Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces states' allotments for PY 2008 (July 1,
2008-June 30, 2009) for WIA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker
Activities programs; additional PY 2008 funding from WIA section 173(e)
for eligible states; final allotments for Employment Service (ES)
activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2008; Workforce
Information Grants for PY 2008; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
allotments for FY 2008.
The WIA allotments for states and the final allotments for the
Wagner-Peyser Act are based on formulas 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,
Marshall Islands, Micronesia, 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 for PY 2008 is the same as used for PY 2000 and is described in
the section on Youth
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Activities program allotments. Comments are invited on the formula used
to allot funds to the outlying areas.
DATES: Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying
areas must be received by April 28, 2008.
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:
Mr. Kenneth Leung, (202) 693-3471 (phone), (202) 693-2859 (fax), e-
mail: Leung.Kenneth@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WIA Youth Activities allotments: Evan
Rosenberg at (202) 693-3593 or LaSharn Youngblood at (202) 693-3606;
WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities, ES final allotments, and
WOTC allotments: Mike Qualter at (202)-693-3014 or Bill Goodwin at
(202) 693-2787; Workforce Information Grant allotments: Anthony Dais at
(202) 693-2784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department)
is announcing WIA allotments for PY 2008 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008)
for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, and
Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2008 final allotments. This document provides
information on the amount of funds available during PY 2008 to states
with an approved WIA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for
PY 2008, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.
The allotments are based on the funds appropriated in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008, Public Law 110-161, December 26,
2007. Attached are tables listing the PY 2008 allotments for programs
under WIA Title I Youth Activities (Attachment I), Adult and Dislocated
Workers Employment and Training Activities (Attachments II and III,
respectively), additional assistance under section 173(e) (Attachment
IV), and the PY 2008 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Attachment V).
Also attached are the PY 2008 Workforce Information Grant table
(Attachment VI) and the FY 2008 Work Opportunity Tax Credit allotment
table (Attachment VII).
Youth Activities Allotments. PY 2008 Youth Activities funds under
WIA total $924,069,465. Attachment I includes a breakdown of the Youth
Activities program allotments for PY 2008 and provides a comparison of
these allotments to PY 2007 Youth Activities allotments for all states,
outlying areas, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Before
determining the amount available for states, the total funding
available for the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent of the
full amount appropriated for Youth Activities. On December 17, 2003,
the President signed Public Law 108-188, the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003, which provides for consolidation of
all funding, including WIA Title I, for the Marshall Islands and
Micronesia into supplemental funding grants in the Department of
Education. The Department of Education's appropriations now include
funding for these supplemental grants; therefore, WIA Title I funds are
no longer being provided for these two areas. The Compact, as amended
by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008, Division F, section 124,
continues the availability of programs previously available to Palau
through September 2009, including WIA Title I funding provisions. The
methodology for distributing funds to all outlying areas is not
specified by WIA, but is at the Secretary's discretion. The methodology
used is the same as used since PY 2000, i.e., funds are distributed
among the remaining areas by formula based on relative share of 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.
As in PY 2007, data for the relative share calculation in the PY 2008
formula were from 2000 census data for all outlying areas, obtained
from the Bureau of the Census (Bureau) and are based on 2000 census
surveys for those areas conducted either by the Bureau or the outlying
areas under the guidance of the Bureau. The total amount available for
Native Americans is 1.5 percent of the total amount for Youth
Activities, in accordance with WIA section 127. After determining the
amount for the outlying areas and Native Americans, the amount
available for allotment to the states for PY 2008 is $907,898,249. This
total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in
section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, as in PY 2007, the WIA
additional minimum provisions were not applied, and, instead, as
required by WIA, the Job Training Partnership Act (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 were
used. Also, as required by WIA, the provision applying a 130 percent
stop-gain of the prior year allotment percentage was used. The three
formula factors required in WIA use the following data for the PY 2008
allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed for Areas of Substantial Unemployment
(ASU's), averages for the 12-month period, July 2006 through June 2007;
(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
(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,
excluding college students and military), from special 2000 Census
calculations.
The ASU data for the PY 2008 allotments was identified by the states
using special 2000 Census data based on households, obtained under
Employment and Training Administration contract with the Census Bureau
and provided to states by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The total
Adult Employment and Training Activities appropriation is $861,540,083.
Attachment II shows the PY 2008 Adult Employment and Training
Activities allotments and comparison to PY 2007 allotments by state.
Like the Youth Activities program, the total available for the outlying
areas was reserved at 0.25 percent of the full amount appropriated for
Adult Activities. As discussed in the Youth Activities section,
beginning in PY 2005, WIA funding for the Marshall Islands and
Micronesia is no longer provided; instead, funding is provided in the
Department of Education's appropriation. The Adult Activities 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 Youth Activities. After determining the amount for the
outlying areas, the amount available for allotments to the states is
$859,386,233. Like the Youth Activities program, the WIA minimum
provisions were not applied for the PY 2008 allotments because the
total amount available for the states was below the $960 million
threshold required for Adult Activities in section
132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIA, the minimum
allotments were calculated using 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. Also, like the Youth Activities
program, a provision
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applying a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year allotment percentage
was used. The three formula factors use the same data as used for the
PY 2007 Youth Activities formula, except that data from the 2000 Census
for the number of economically disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military) were used.
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments.
The total Dislocated Worker appropriation is $1,464,707,055. The total
appropriation includes formula funds for the states, while the National
Reserve is used for 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 shows the PY
2008 Dislocated Worker Activities fund allotments by state. Like the
Youth and Adult Activities programs, the total available for the
outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent 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 Activities 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 2008 WIA Adult Activities
program, the same methodology used in PY 2007. For the state
distribution of formula funds, the three formula factors required in
WIA use the following data for the PY 2008 allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October
2006 through September 2007;
(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period,
October 2006 through September 2007; and
(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for calendar year
2006. Since the Dislocated Worker Activities formula has no floor
amount or hold-harmless provisions, funding changes for states directly
reflect the impact of changes in the number of unemployed.
Additional Funding from WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/Dislocated
Worker Activities for Eligible States. WIA Section 173(e) provides that
up to $15 million from Dislocated Workers reserve funds is to be made
available annually to certain states that receive less funds under the
WIA Adult Activities formula than they would have received had the JTPA
Title II-A Adult program formula been in effect. The amount of the
grants is based on the difference between the WIA and JTPA formula
allotments; funds are available for grants for up to eight states with
the largest difference. The additional funding must be used for Adult
or Dislocated Worker Activities. In PY 2008, two states are eligible
for these additional funds, for a total of $1,777,266 (Attachment IV).
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments. The appropriated level for PY
2008 for ES grants totals $703,376,524. After determining the funding
for outlying areas, allotments to states were calculated using the
formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.
49e). PY 2008 formula allotments were based on each state's share of
calendar year 2007 monthly averages of the civilian labor force (CLF)
and unemployment. 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 allotment. The set-aside funds were
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 were
maintained at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year
resources. All remaining set-aside funds were 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.
The distribution of Wagner-Peyser Act funds (Attachment V) includes
$701,661,936 for states, as well as $1,714,588 for outlying areas.
Traditionally, a portion of Wagner-Peyser Act formula funds have
been set aside in a reserve to pay centrally for states' postage costs
associated with the conduct of labor exchange services. Beginning
October 1, 2007 (FY 2008), states and outlying areas were required to
pay for their own postage costs with their formula grants.
Consequently, beginning with PY 2008, there is no longer a postage
reserve taken off-the-top from funds distributed by formula, and all
funds are now distributed by formula.
Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 10 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 2008 funding for Workforce
Information Grants to states is $31,863,448. The allotment figures for
each state are listed in Attachment VI. Funds are distributed by
administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,472 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
based on each state's share of CLF for the 12 months ending September
2007. As in the Wagner-Peyser program, there is no longer a postage
reserve taken from funds distributed by formula. Instead, all funds are
distributed by formula and all states will use their formula grants to
cover postage costs.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program: Grants to States. Total
funding for FY 2008 is $17,368,183. After reserving $20,000 for the
Virgin Islands, funds were distributed to states by administrative
formula with a $66,000 minimum allotment and a 95 percent stop-loss/120
percent stop-gain from the prior year allotment share percentage. The
allotment formula data factors and related percentages used are as
follows:
(1) 50 percent based on each state's relative share of total FY
2007 certifications issued for the WOTC program;
(2) 30 percent based on each state's relative share of the CLF for
twelve months ending September 2007; and
(3) 20 percent based on each state's relative share of the adult
recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for FY
2006.
The final distribution of WOTC funding includes $17,348,183 for
states and $20,000 for the Virgin Islands. As in the Wagner-Peyser Act
program, there is no longer a postage reserve taken from funds
distributed by formula. Instead, all funds are distributed by formula
and all states will use their formula grants to cover postage costs.
The total allotment distribution by state is displayed in Attachment
VII.
Signed: at Washington, DC on this 20th day of March, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Acting Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6331 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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