Allotments for Training and Employment Services as Specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for Activities Under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments, and Reemployment Service (RES) Allotments, 11751-11756 [E9-6029]
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Allotments for Training and
Employment Services as Specified in
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act) for Activities Under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (WIA);
Workforce Investment Act Adult,
Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities
Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser
Act Allotments, and Reemployment
Service (RES) Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This Notice announces States’
allotments for The Department of Labor
(DOL or Department) for training and
employment services as specified in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
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Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for activities
under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (WIA)—Workforce Investment Act
Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth
Activities Program Allotments; WagnerPeyser Act Allotments, and
Reemployment Service (RES)
Allotments. The funds for the
allotments announced in this TEGL are
part of the funds appropriated in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, Public Law 111–5 (the
Recovery Act), signed into law February
17, 2009.
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
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 20, 2009.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor (DOL or
Department) is announcing Allotments
for training and employment services as
specified in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act) for activities under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (WIA)—
Workforce Investment Act Adult,
Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities
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Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act
Allotments, and Reemployment Service
(RES) Allotments. The funds for the
allotments announced in this TEGL are
part of the funds appropriated in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, Public Law 111–5 (the
Recovery Act), signed into law February
17, 2009.
Recovery Act funds for Training and
Employment Services under WIA and
the Wagner-Peyser Act are available for
allotment as follows:
• $1,188,000,000 for youth activities,
including summer employment for
youth;
• $495,000,000 for adult services,
including supportive services and
needs-related payments. Priority for
receipt of these services is to go to
recipients of public assistance and other
low-income individuals as described in
134(d)(4)(E) of WIA;
• $1,435,500,000 for dislocated
worker training and employment
services and national reserve; and
• $396,000,000 for Wagner-Peyser
Act activities; $247,500,000 of those
funds are to support RES for
unemployment insurance claimants.
The above figures represent the
amount of Recovery Act funds as
specified in the Act less one percent
which is authorized to be retained at the
Federal level for program administration
and oversight.
States are expected to spend Recovery
Act funding quickly and effectively.
WIA funding for Adults, Dislocated
Workers, and Youth are considered to
be PY 2008 funds and, therefore, must
be expended by the end of PY 2010
(June 30, 2011). Wagner-Peyser funds
are available for obligation by the States
through September 30, 2010 and must
be expended by the end of PY 2010
(June 30, 2011). It is the Congress’
intent, as well as that of the
Administration, that the majority of
these funds will be utilized within the
first year of availability.
The Recovery Act is intended to
preserve and create jobs, promote the
nation’s economic recovery, and assist
those most impacted by the recession. It
provides the U.S. Department of Labor
and the public workforce investment
system with unprecedented levels of
funding for a number of employment
and training programs to help
Americans acquire new skills and get
back to work. If the workforce system is
to meet both the letter and the spirit of
the law and fulfill its critical role in U.S.
economic recovery, we must implement
the Act expeditiously and effectively,
with full accountability of our
expenditure of funds. But the Recovery
Act provides more than an injection of
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workforce development resources into
communities in need across the country.
The significant investment of stimulus
funds presents an extraordinary and
unique opportunity for the workforce
system to advance transformational
efforts and demonstrate its full capacity
to innovate and implement effective
One-Stop service delivery strategies. As
States and localities plan how their
One-Stop systems will make immediate
use of the Recovery Act funds, ETA
encourages them to take an expansive
view of how the funds can be integrated
into efforts to improve the effectiveness
of the public workforce system. In this
system, the needs of workers and
employers are equally important in
developing thriving communities where
all citizens succeed and businesses
prosper. Successful implementation of
the Recovery Act includes not only
quick and effective provision of services
and training for workers in need, but
also leveraging changes in the system’s
basic operations to develop a strong,
invigorated, innovative public
workforce system capable of helping
enable future economic growth and
advancing shared prosperity for all
Americans.
In a stronger, more comprehensive
workforce investment system, adults
move easily between the labor market
and education and training in order to
advance in their careers and upgrade
their contributions to the workplace,
while disconnected youth are able to
reconnect through multiple pathways to
education and training opportunities
necessary to enter and advance in the
workforce. Adult education, job
training, postsecondary education,
registered apprenticeship, career
advancement and supportive service
activities are fully aligned with
economic and community development
strategies, so as to meet the skill needs
of existing and emerging employers and
high growth occupations as well as the
needs of under-skilled adults. Under
such a dual-customer approach,
seamless career pathways would be
developed and offered, and support
services and needs-based payments
would be available, making it far easier
for young people and adults to advance
and persist through progressive levels of
the education and job training system as
quickly as possible and gain education
and workforce skills of demonstrated
value at each level. Education and
training at every level would be closely
aligned with jobs and industries
important to local and regional
economies. Every level of education and
training would afford students and
trainees the ability to advance in school
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or at work, with assessments and
certifications linked to the requirements
of the next level of education and
employment.
With this infusion of funding, States
and local areas should consider how
their funding decisions and
implementation activities for Recovery
Act funds can help achieve this goal of
workforce system transformation.
The WIA allotments for States are
based on formula provisions defined in
the Act (see Attachment I for WIA and
Wagner-Peyser formula descriptions).
The WIA allotments for the outlying
areas (e.g., American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Marianas, Palau, and the
Virgin Islands) are based on a
discretionary formula used for PY 2008
funds as authorized under WIA Title I.
To assist States in the
implementation, monitoring, and
reporting of Recovery Act activities,
ETA anticipates providing TEGLs or
other documents on the following
topics:
• Policy and Planning;
• Participant and Performance
Reporting; and
• Financial Reporting.
Pursuant to the intent of the Recovery
Act, allotments will be issued no later
than 30 days from the date the bill was
signed into law, February 17, 2009. The
Recovery Act allotment funds will be
issued as modifications to the PY 2008
WIA grants, with the funds having the
same period of performance as PY 2008
funds. We reiterate the additional
Wagner-Peyser obligation requirement
for Recovery Act funds which is
specified in the Act as September 30,
2010. It should be noted that grant
agreements will have new provisions
specific to the Recovery Act funding.
The following is the schedule for
processing the Recovery Act funds:
• Week of March 2, 2009—Amended
agreement sent to State grantees;
• Week of March 9, 2009—States
return the signed version of the
agreement; and
• Week of March 16, 2009—Notice of
Obligation allotting funds issued.
Policy and Procedures for Quick and
Effective Expenditure of Funds
The intent of the Recovery Act is that
funds be spent quickly and effectively
in meeting the employment and training
needs of the Nation’s workforce. In
order to accomplish this, ETA will be
issuing Notices of Obligation (NOOs) for
WIA and Wagner-Peyser funds no later
than March 19, 2009, 30 days from the
President’s signing of the Recovery Act.
In an effort to support States in their
rapid deployment of funds and
recognizing that normal plan
submission and approval procedures
may hamper such efforts, ETA has
determined that States’ approved PY
2008 WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act
Strategic State Plans qualify the States
to receive Recovery Act allotments
pursuant to WIA section 112. To qualify
States for PY 2009 allotments, ETA will
grant extensions on current WIA and
Wagner-Peyser Strategic State Plans for
PY 2009. This strategy will permit
States to immediately receive and begin
expending Recovery Act funds while
providing a meaningful period in which
to develop plans for the most effective
use of Recovery Act and formula funds.
Requests for the extension through June
30, 2009, must be submitted to ETA by
April 15, 2009. ETA will require that
States submit a subsequent modification
to the State Plan to incorporate
Recovery Act planning by June 30, 2009.
Details regarding the State Plan
modifications will be provided in a
subsequent Policy and Planning TEGL.
Likewise, because approved local
plans are already in place, States are
required to make the Recovery Act
funds for WIA and Wagner-Peyser
available to Local Areas not later than
30 days of being made available to the
State. States are encouraged to devise a
Local Plan modification process that
enables local areas to plan for the
quickest and most effective use of
Recovery Act funds in the local areas
while not delaying the rapid allocation
of funds to local areas within 30 days of
receipt of funds by the State. Therefore,
the Local Plans, required by WIA
section 118, may be dated and not
reflect the economic context altered by
the economic downturn or strategies
altered by the additional funds available
through the Recovery Act. Under 20
CFR 661.355, each Governor sets the
policy for when a Local Plan must be
modified, such as significant changes in
local economic conditions and changes
in financing available for WIA title I and
partner-provided WIA services. States
are encouraged to review their Local
Plan modification policy, and to require
that Local Plans be modified according
to State policy.
State Youth Activities Funds: Title I
Subtitle B—Chapter 4—Youth Activities
A. State Allotments. The amount
available for WIA Youth Activities totals
$1,188,000,000, which includes
$17,820,000 for Native Americans,
$1,167,210,000 for States, and
$2,970,000 for outlying areas.
Attachment II contains a breakdown of
the State WIA Youth Activities program
allotments by State. States are expected
to spend Recovery Act funding quickly
and effectively.
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Even though the supplemental funds
are part of the PY 2008 grant
agreements, the allotment formulas use
more recent unemployment data than
that used for the PY 2008 allotments in
order to more effectively distribute
Recovery Act funds to those areas of
greatest need. The three data factors
required by WIA for the Youth
Activities State formula allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed for
Areas of Substantial Unemployment
(ASUs), averages for the 12-month
period, July 2007 through June 2008, as
prepared by the States using special
2000 Census data based on households,
obtained under contract with the Census
Bureau and provided to States by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS);
(2) The number of excess unemployed
individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher),
averages for the same 12-month period
as used for ASU unemployment data;
and
(3) The number of economically
disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,
excluding college students and
military), from special 2000 census
tabulations.
While the total amount available for
States is above the $1 billion threshold,
the Recovery Act exempts the program
from the additional minimum
provisions required by that threshold as
specified in WIA Section
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV). 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. WIA also requires the
application of a 130 percent stop-gain of
the prior year allotment percentage. For
purposes of the hold-harmless
provision, the PY 2008 allotment
percentages are used for the preceding
year.
B. Within-State Allocations. Youth
Activities funds are to be distributed
among local workforce investment areas
(subject to reservation of up to 15
percent for statewide workforce
investment activities) in accordance
with the provisions of WIA Section 128
and according to the approved State
Plan.
For purposes of identifying ASUs for
the within-state Youth Activities
allocation formula, States should
continue to use the special 2000 Census
data based on households which was
obtained under contract with the Census
Bureau and provided to States in
October 2006 by BLS. These data will
continue to be used for this purpose
until further notice. For purposes of
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developing the number of economically
disadvantaged Youth Activities for the
statutory formula, the special 2000
census data provided to States for the
within-state Youth Activities allocations
beginning in PY 2004 should continue
to be used.
States are to use the same reference
periods for the data factors as described
above and PY 2008 as the prior year
hold-harmless, to be consistent with
national office allotment distributions.
C. Transfers of Funds. There is no
authority for local workforce investment
areas to transfer funds to or from the
Youth Activities program.
State Adult Employment and Training
Activities Funds: Title I Subtitle B—
Chapter 5—Adult and Dislocated
Worker Employment and Training
Activities
A. State Allotments. The amount
available for Adult Activities is
$495,000,000 of which $493,762,500 is
for States and $1,237,500 is for outlying
areas. Attachment III shows the Adult
Activities allotments. States are strongly
encouraged to spend Recovery Act
funding quickly and effectively. WIA
funding for the WIA Adult program is
considered to be PY 2008 funds and,
therefore, must be expended by June 30,
2011.
Even though the supplemental funds
are part of the PY 2008 grant
agreements, the allotment formulas use
more recent unemployment data than
that used for the PY 2008 allotments in
order to more effectively distribute
Recovery Act funds to those areas of
greatest need. The three data factors
required by WIA for the Adult State
formula allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed for
Areas of Substantial Unemployment
(ASUs), averages for the 12-month
period, July 2007 through June 2008, as
prepared by the States using special
2000 Census data based on households,
obtained under contract with the Census
Bureau and provided to States by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS);
(2) The number of excess unemployed
individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher),
averages for the same 12-month period
as used for ASU unemployment data;
and
(3) The number of economically
disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military)
from special 2000 census tabulations.
Since the total amount available for
the Adult program for States is below
the required $960 million threshold
specified in WIA Section
132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), the WIA additional
minimum provisions are not applicable.
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Also, like the youth program, the
provision applying the 130 percent stopgain of the prior year allotment
percentage was used. For purposes of
the hold-harmless provision, the PY
2008 allotment percentages are used for
the preceding year.
B. Within-State Allocations. Adult
allotments are to be distributed among
local workforce investment areas
(subject to reservation of up to 15
percent for statewide workforce
investment activities) in accordance
with the provisions in WIA Section 133
and according to the approved State
Plan.
For purposes of identifying ASUs for
the within-state Adult allocation
formula, the special 2000 census data
provided to States by BLS in October
2006 is to be used for census sharing
until further notice. For purposes of
developing the number of economically
disadvantaged adults for the statutory
formula, the special 2000 census data
provided to States for the within-state
Adult Activities allocations beginning
in PY 2004 should continue to be used.
States are to use the same reference
periods for the data factors as described
above and PY 2008 as the prior year
hold-harmless, to be consistent with
national office allotment distributions.
C. Transfers of Funds. WIA Section
133(b)(4) provides the authority for local
workforce investment areas, with
approval of the Governor, to transfer up
to 20 percent of the Adult Activities
funds to Dislocated Worker Activities,
and up to 20 percent of Dislocated
Worker Activities funds to Adult
Activities. It should be noted that this
is different than the 30 percent currently
permitted for regular formula funds
pursuant to prior year appropriation
acts. Additionally, ETA does not
anticipate granting waivers that would
allow transfers above the 20 percent. As
will be described in the forthcoming
planning guidance, the waiver to
transfer more than 20 percent of local
area funds between Dislocated Worker
and Adult programs will not apply to
Recovery Act funds.
State Dislocated Worker Employment
and Training Funds: Title I Subtitle B
—Chapter 5—Adult and Dislocated
Worker Employment and Training
Activities
The amount available for the
Dislocated Worker Activities program is
$1,435,500,000, with $1,237,500,000 for
States, $3,588,750 for outlying areas,
and $194,411,250 for the National
Reserve. States are expected to spend
Recovery Act funding quickly and
effectively. Recovery Act funding is
considered to be PY 2008 funds and,
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therefore, must be expended by June 30,
2011.
A. State Allotments. Attachment IV
shows Recovery Act Dislocated Worker
Activities fund allotments by State.
The three data factors required in
WIA for the dislocated worker State
formula allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed,
averages for the 12-month period,
January 2008 through December 2008;
(2) The number of excess
unemployed, averages for the 12-month
period, January 2008 through December
2008; and
(3) The number of long-term
unemployed, averages for calendar year
2008.
B. Within-State Allocations.
Dislocated Worker Activities funds for
the Recovery Act are to be distributed
among local workforce investment areas
(subject to reservation of up to 25
percent for statewide rapid response
activities and up to 15 percent for
statewide workforce investment
activities) in accordance with the
provisions in WIA Section 133 and
according to the approved State Plan.
C. Transfers of Funds. WIA Section
133(b)(4) provides the authority for local
workforce investment areas, with
approval of the Governor, to transfer up
to 20 percent of the Adult Activities
funds to Dislocated Worker Activities,
and up to 20 percent of Dislocated
Worker Activities funds to Adult
Activities. It should be noted that this
is different than the 30 percent currently
permitted for regular formula funds
pursuant to prior year appropriation
acts. Additionally, ETA does not
anticipate granting waivers that would
allow transfers above the 20 percent. As
will be described in the forthcoming
planning guidance, the waiver to
transfer more than 20 percent of local
area funds between Dislocated Worker
and Adult programs will not apply to
Recovery Act funds.
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments
The amount available for employment
service grants totals $396,000,000.
Within this amount $247,500,000 is
designated for reemployment services
(RES) to connect unemployment
insurance claimants to employment and
training opportunities that will facilitate
their reentry to employment. Such
funds shall remain available to the
States for obligation through September
30, 2010, and must be expended by the
end of PY 2010.
After determining the funding for
outlying areas, allotments to States are
calculated using the formula set forth at
section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29
U.S.C. 49e). Formula allotments are
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based on each State’s share of calendar
year 2008 monthly averages of the
civilian labor force and unemployment.
The distribution of Wagner-Peyser funds
includes $395,034,690 for States, as well
as $965,310 for outlying areas.
Attachment V shows the distribution of
Recovery Act amounts under the ES
formula.
Under section 7(b) of the WagnerPeyser Act, ten percent of the total sums
allotted to each State shall be reserved
for use by the Governor to provide
performance incentives, services for
groups with special needs, and for the
extra costs of exemplary models for
delivering job services through the onestop system.
Reporting
Financial Reporting for the Recovery
Act Funds
For the WIA formula programs, States
are required to track financial
information separately for each of the
funding streams. States will submit the
standard ETA–9130 reports for
statewide youth, statewide adult,
statewide dislocated worker, statewide
rapid response (Dislocated Worker
Activities), local youth, local adult, and
local dislocated worker activities. The
ETA–9130 reports for Recovery Act
funds will be due 10 days after the end
of the quarter rather than the current 45
day requirement. States are also to
submit the ETA–9130 report each
quarter for the Wagner-Peyser Act
funds. Final guidance on financial
reporting will be issued under a
separate document.
Participant and Performance Reporting
for the Recovery Act Funds
Accountability guidelines for the
Recovery Act emphasize data quality,
streamlining data collection, and
collection of information that shows
measurable program outputs. ETA is
developing reporting guidelines that
will minimize any new collection
burdens. Final guidance on participant
and performance reporting will be
issued under a separate TEGL.
To the extent that new information or
reports are required for Recovery Act
activities, ETA will seek OMB clearance
through the Paperwork Reduction Act
process.
WIA YOUTH: 2009 RECOVERY ACT
State
Allotment
Total ................................
Alabama ..........................
Alaska .............................
Arizona ............................
Arkansas .........................
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$1,188,000,000
11,647,403
3,936,018
17,830,637
12,065,555
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WIA YOUTH: 2009 RECOVERY ACT—
Continued
State
California .........................
Colorado .........................
Connecticut .....................
Delaware .........................
District of Columbia ........
Florida .............................
Georgia ...........................
Hawaii .............................
Idaho ...............................
Illinois ..............................
Indiana ............................
Iowa ................................
Kansas ............................
Kentucky .........................
Louisiana ........................
Maine ..............................
Maryland .........................
Massachusetts ................
Michigan .........................
Minnesota .......................
Mississippi ......................
Missouri ..........................
Montana ..........................
Nebraska ........................
Nevada ...........................
New Hampshire ..............
New Jersey .....................
New Mexico ....................
New York ........................
North Carolina ................
North Dakota ..................
Ohio ................................
Oklahoma .......................
Oregon ............................
Pennsylvania ..................
Puerto Rico .....................
Rhode Island ..................
South Carolina ................
South Dakota ..................
Tennessee ......................
Texas ..............................
Utah ................................
Vermont ..........................
Virginia ............................
Washington .....................
West Virginia ..................
Wisconsin .......................
Wyoming .........................
State Total ...............
American Samoa ............
Guam ..............................
Northern Marianas ..........
Palau ...............................
Virgin Islands ..................
Outlying Areas Total
Native Americans ...........
Allotment
186,622,034
11,874,970
11,034,723
2,918,025
3,969,821
42,873,265
31,361,665
2,918,025
2,918,025
62,203,400
23,677,573
5,172,183
7,121,714
17,709,821
20,012,271
4,293,710
11,585,610
24,838,038
73,949,491
17,789,172
18,687,021
25,400,077
2,918,025
2,944,616
7,570,212
2,918,025
20,834,103
6,235,678
71,526,360
25,070,698
2,918,025
56,158,510
8,708,036
15,068,081
40,647,780
42,456,987
5,611,097
24,712,293
2,918,025
25,099,116
82,000,708
5,067,154
2,918,025
12,982,612
23,445,432
5,343,318
13,808,812
2,918,025
1,167,210,000
170,030
1,383,998
512,149
86,779
817,044
2,970,000
17,820,000
WIA ADULT: 2009 RECOVERY ACT
State
Total ................................
Alabama ..........................
Alaska .............................
Arizona ............................
Arkansas .........................
California .........................
Colorado .........................
Connecticut .....................
Delaware .........................
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Allotment
$495,000,000
5,103,029
1,679,456
7,616,346
5,072,930
80,117,954
4,792,362
4,385,149
1,234,406
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State
District of Columbia ........
Florida .............................
Georgia ...........................
Hawaii .............................
Idaho ...............................
Illinois ..............................
Indiana ............................
Iowa ................................
Kansas ............................
Kentucky .........................
Louisiana ........................
Maine ..............................
Maryland .........................
Massachusetts ................
Michigan .........................
Minnesota .......................
Mississippi ......................
Missouri ..........................
Montana ..........................
Nebraska ........................
Nevada ...........................
New Hampshire ..............
New Jersey .....................
New Mexico ....................
New York ........................
North Carolina ................
North Dakota ..................
Ohio ................................
Oklahoma .......................
Oregon ............................
Pennsylvania ..................
Puerto Rico .....................
Rhode Island ..................
South Carolina ................
South Dakota ..................
Tennessee ......................
Texas ..............................
Utah ................................
Vermont ..........................
Virginia ............................
Washington .....................
West Virginia ..................
WIA ADULT: 2009 RECOVERY ACT—
Continued
Allotment
State
1,542,940
19,448,002
13,119,015
1,234,406
1,234,406
25,790,612
9,393,463
1,554,835
2,702,158
8,192,097
8,703,290
1,808,086
4,909,757
10,073,668
30,857,680
6,952,045
7,772,797
10,482,040
1,234,406
1,234,406
3,392,179
1,234,406
9,386,433
2,659,786
31,516,111
10,337,165
1,234,406
23,386,373
3,650,170
6,327,640
16,545,744
20,128,708
2,106,542
10,417,221
1,234,406
10,835,862
34,344,771
1,798,155
1,234,406
5,227,634
9,694,268
2,410,113
WIA DISLOCATED WORKER: 2009
RECOVERY ACT—Continued
Allotment
Wisconsin .......................
Wyoming .........................
State Total ...............
American Samoa ............
Guam ..............................
Northern Marianas ..........
Palau ...............................
Virgin Islands ..................
5,183,854
1,234,406
493,762,500
75,000
554,734
205,279
75,000
327,487
Outlying Areas Total
1,237,500
WIA DISLOCATED WORKER: 2009
RECOVERY ACT
State
Allotment
Total ................................
Alabama ..........................
Alaska .............................
Arizona ............................
Arkansas .........................
California .........................
Colorado .........................
Connecticut .....................
Delaware .........................
District of Columbia ........
Florida .............................
Georgia ...........................
Hawaii .............................
Idaho ...............................
Illinois ..............................
Indiana ............................
Iowa ................................
Kansas ............................
Kentucky .........................
Louisiana ........................
Maine ..............................
Maryland .........................
Massachusetts ................
Michigan .........................
$1,435,500,000
13,193,657
3,546,444
17,403,029
7,518,483
221,906,888
14,464,916
14,884,070
2,039,325
3,792,823
80,551,937
43,801,838
2,161,193
2,832,818
68,533,653
26,213,424
5,225,689
5,203,888
18,713,127
9,258,530
4,572,069
11,255,145
21,223,446
78,452,046
11755
State
Allotment
Minnesota .......................
Mississippi ......................
Missouri ..........................
Montana ..........................
Nebraska ........................
Nevada ...........................
New Hampshire ..............
New Jersey .....................
New Mexico ....................
New York ........................
North Carolina ................
North Dakota ..................
Ohio ................................
Oklahoma .......................
Oregon ............................
Pennsylvania ..................
Puerto Rico .....................
Rhode Island ..................
South Carolina ................
South Dakota ..................
Tennessee ......................
Texas ..............................
Utah ................................
Vermont ..........................
Virginia ............................
Washington .....................
West Virginia ..................
Wisconsin .......................
Wyoming .........................
State Total ...............
American Samoa ............
Guam ..............................
Northern Marianas ..........
Palau ...............................
Virgin Islands ..................
20,963,288
14,210,277
25,830,846
1,756,038
2,591,113
14,311,733
2,501,984
32,706,420
2,960,889
66,368,188
44,419,273
916,452
58,511,252
6,023,463
17,162,449
42,482,006
29,524,346
7,945,909
24,705,053
953,834
28,372,248
53,768,305
3,536,734
1,749,098
14,115,351
22,142,010
3,579,605
16,059,607
583,791
1,237,500,000
217,500
1,608,729
595,309
217,500
949,712
Outlying Areas Total
3,588,750
National Reserve Total ....
194,411,250
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Total allotment
Total ...........................................................................................................................
Alabama .....................................................................................................................
Alaska ........................................................................................................................
Arizona .......................................................................................................................
Arkansas ....................................................................................................................
California ....................................................................................................................
Colorado ....................................................................................................................
Connecticut ................................................................................................................
Delaware ....................................................................................................................
District of Columbia ...................................................................................................
Florida ........................................................................................................................
Georgia ......................................................................................................................
Hawaii ........................................................................................................................
Idaho ..........................................................................................................................
Illinois .........................................................................................................................
Indiana .......................................................................................................................
Iowa ...........................................................................................................................
Kansas .......................................................................................................................
Kentucky ....................................................................................................................
Louisiana ....................................................................................................................
Maine .........................................................................................................................
Maryland ....................................................................................................................
Massachusetts ...........................................................................................................
Michigan .....................................................................................................................
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$396,000,000
5,093,106
4,304,709
7,022,967
3,309,854
46,970,564
6,212,434
4,449,594
1,106,097
1,427,427
22,146,579
11,711,489
1,426,246
3,586,589
16,567,244
7,858,143
3,726,404
3,436,869
5,146,036
5,191,488
2,132,910
6,688,441
8,063,456
13,858,019
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RES
$247,500,000
3,183,191
2,690,443
4,389,354
2,068,659
29,356,604
3,882,771
2,780,996
691,311
892,142
13,841,612
7,319,681
891,404
2,241,618
10,354,527
4,911,339
2,329,002
2,148,043
3,216,272
3,244,680
1,333,069
4,180,276
5,039,660
8,661,262
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$148,500,000
1,909,915
1,614,266
2,633,613
1,241,195
17,613,960
2,329,663
1,668,598
414,786
535,285
8,304,967
4,391,808
534,842
1,344,971
6,212,717
2,946,804
1,397,402
1,288,826
1,929,764
1,946,808
799,841
2,508,165
3,023,796
5,196,757
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State
Total allotment
RES
Other
Minnesota ..................................................................................................................
Mississippi ..................................................................................................................
Missouri ......................................................................................................................
Montana .....................................................................................................................
Nebraska ....................................................................................................................
Nevada .......................................................................................................................
New Hampshire .........................................................................................................
New Jersey ................................................................................................................
New Mexico ...............................................................................................................
New York ...................................................................................................................
North Carolina ............................................................................................................
North Dakota ..............................................................................................................
Ohio ...........................................................................................................................
Oklahoma ...................................................................................................................
Oregon .......................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ..............................................................................................................
Puerto Rico ................................................................................................................
Rhode Island ..............................................................................................................
South Carolina ...........................................................................................................
South Dakota .............................................................................................................
Tennessee .................................................................................................................
Texas .........................................................................................................................
Utah ...........................................................................................................................
Vermont .....................................................................................................................
Virginia .......................................................................................................................
Washington ................................................................................................................
West Virginia ..............................................................................................................
Wisconsin ...................................................................................................................
Wyoming ....................................................................................................................
State Total ..........................................................................................................
Guam .........................................................................................................................
Virgin Islands .............................................................................................................
6,895,090
3,617,920
7,399,208
2,930,979
3,522,460
3,471,160
1,617,171
10,662,171
3,289,073
22,855,217
11,091,396
2,984,613
15,017,635
3,912,797
4,898,310
15,098,730
4,645,634
1,497,925
5,604,614
2,758,469
7,414,473
27,188,088
4,299,056
1,292,224
8,813,824
8,230,745
3,157,340
7,291,549
2,140,154
395,034,690
185,297
780,013
4,309,431
2,261,200
4,624,505
1,831,862
2,201,537
2,169,475
1,010,732
6,663,857
2,055,671
14,284,511
6,932,122
1,865,383
9,386,022
2,445,498
3,061,444
9,436,706
2,903,521
936,203
3,502,884
1,724,043
4,634,046
16,992,555
2,686,910
807,640
5,508,640
5,144,216
1,973,337
4,557,218
1,337,596
246,896,681
115,811
487,508
2,585,659
1,356,720
2,774,703
1,099,117
1,320,923
1,301,685
606,439
3,998,314
1,233,402
8,570,706
4,159,274
1,119,230
5,631,613
1,467,299
1,836,866
5,662,024
1,742,113
561,722
2,101,730
1,034,426
2,780,427
10,195,533
1,612,146
484,584
3,305,184
3,086,529
1,184,003
2,734,331
802,558
148,138,009
69,486
292,505
Outlying Areas Total ..................................................................................................
965,310
603,319
361,991
Signed: At Washington, DC, on this 13th
day of March 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers (TA–W) number and alternative
trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by
(TA–W) number issued during the
period of February 23 through February
27, 2009.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
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regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following
must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of
such firm or subdivision have decreased
absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles
produced by such firm or subdivision
have contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision;
or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the
following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
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B. there has been a shift in production
by such workers’ firm or subdivision to
a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which
are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be
satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles to a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act,
African Growth and Opportunity Act, or
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of articles that are
like or directly competitive with articles
which are or were produced by such
firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative
determination to be made for
secondarily affected workers of a firm
and a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act must be met.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Allotments for Training and Employment Services as Specified in
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for
Activities Under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Workforce
Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program
Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments, and Reemployment Service
(RES) Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces States' allotments for The Department of
Labor (DOL or Department) for training and employment services as
specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act) for activities under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (WIA)--Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth
Activities Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments, and
Reemployment Service (RES) Allotments. The funds for the allotments
announced in this TEGL are part of the funds appropriated in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 (the
Recovery Act), signed into law February 17, 2009.
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 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 20, 2009.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department)
is announcing Allotments for training and employment services as
specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act) for activities under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (WIA)--Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth
Activities Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments, and
Reemployment Service (RES) Allotments. The funds for the allotments
announced in this TEGL are part of the funds appropriated in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 (the
Recovery Act), signed into law February 17, 2009.
Recovery Act funds for Training and Employment Services under WIA
and the Wagner-Peyser Act are available for allotment as follows:
$1,188,000,000 for youth activities, including summer
employment for youth;
$495,000,000 for adult services, including supportive
services and needs-related payments. Priority for receipt of these
services is to go to recipients of public assistance and other low-
income individuals as described in 134(d)(4)(E) of WIA;
$1,435,500,000 for dislocated worker training and
employment services and national reserve; and
$396,000,000 for Wagner-Peyser Act activities;
$247,500,000 of those funds are to support RES for unemployment
insurance claimants.
The above figures represent the amount of Recovery Act funds as
specified in the Act less one percent which is authorized to be
retained at the Federal level for program administration and oversight.
States are expected to spend Recovery Act funding quickly and
effectively. WIA funding for Adults, Dislocated Workers, and Youth are
considered to be PY 2008 funds and, therefore, must be expended by the
end of PY 2010 (June 30, 2011). Wagner-Peyser funds are available for
obligation by the States through September 30, 2010 and must be
expended by the end of PY 2010 (June 30, 2011). It is the Congress'
intent, as well as that of the Administration, that the majority of
these funds will be utilized within the first year of availability.
The Recovery Act is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote
the nation's economic recovery, and assist those most impacted by the
recession. It provides the U.S. Department of Labor and the public
workforce investment system with unprecedented levels of funding for a
number of employment and training programs to help Americans acquire
new skills and get back to work. If the workforce system is to meet
both the letter and the spirit of the law and fulfill its critical role
in U.S. economic recovery, we must implement the Act expeditiously and
effectively, with full accountability of our expenditure of funds. But
the Recovery Act provides more than an injection of
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workforce development resources into communities in need across the
country. The significant investment of stimulus funds presents an
extraordinary and unique opportunity for the workforce system to
advance transformational efforts and demonstrate its full capacity to
innovate and implement effective One-Stop service delivery strategies.
As States and localities plan how their One-Stop systems will make
immediate use of the Recovery Act funds, ETA encourages them to take an
expansive view of how the funds can be integrated into efforts to
improve the effectiveness of the public workforce system. In this
system, the needs of workers and employers are equally important in
developing thriving communities where all citizens succeed and
businesses prosper. Successful implementation of the Recovery Act
includes not only quick and effective provision of services and
training for workers in need, but also leveraging changes in the
system's basic operations to develop a strong, invigorated, innovative
public workforce system capable of helping enable future economic
growth and advancing shared prosperity for all Americans.
In a stronger, more comprehensive workforce investment system,
adults move easily between the labor market and education and training
in order to advance in their careers and upgrade their contributions to
the workplace, while disconnected youth are able to reconnect through
multiple pathways to education and training opportunities necessary to
enter and advance in the workforce. Adult education, job training,
postsecondary education, registered apprenticeship, career advancement
and supportive service activities are fully aligned with economic and
community development strategies, so as to meet the skill needs of
existing and emerging employers and high growth occupations as well as
the needs of under-skilled adults. Under such a dual-customer approach,
seamless career pathways would be developed and offered, and support
services and needs-based payments would be available, making it far
easier for young people and adults to advance and persist through
progressive levels of the education and job training system as quickly
as possible and gain education and workforce skills of demonstrated
value at each level. Education and training at every level would be
closely aligned with jobs and industries important to local and
regional economies. Every level of education and training would afford
students and trainees the ability to advance in school or at work, with
assessments and certifications linked to the requirements of the next
level of education and employment.
With this infusion of funding, States and local areas should
consider how their funding decisions and implementation activities for
Recovery Act funds can help achieve this goal of workforce system
transformation.
The WIA allotments for States are based on formula provisions
defined in the Act (see Attachment I for WIA and Wagner-Peyser formula
descriptions). The WIA allotments for the outlying areas (e.g.,
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Palau, and the Virgin Islands)
are based on a discretionary formula used for PY 2008 funds as
authorized under WIA Title I.
To assist States in the implementation, monitoring, and reporting
of Recovery Act activities, ETA anticipates providing TEGLs or other
documents on the following topics:
Policy and Planning;
Participant and Performance Reporting; and
Financial Reporting.
Pursuant to the intent of the Recovery Act, allotments will be
issued no later than 30 days from the date the bill was signed into
law, February 17, 2009. The Recovery Act allotment funds will be issued
as modifications to the PY 2008 WIA grants, with the funds having the
same period of performance as PY 2008 funds. We reiterate the
additional Wagner-Peyser obligation requirement for Recovery Act funds
which is specified in the Act as September 30, 2010. It should be noted
that grant agreements will have new provisions specific to the Recovery
Act funding. The following is the schedule for processing the Recovery
Act funds:
Week of March 2, 2009--Amended agreement sent to State
grantees;
Week of March 9, 2009--States return the signed version of
the agreement; and
Week of March 16, 2009--Notice of Obligation allotting
funds issued.
Policy and Procedures for Quick and Effective Expenditure of Funds
The intent of the Recovery Act is that funds be spent quickly and
effectively in meeting the employment and training needs of the
Nation's workforce. In order to accomplish this, ETA will be issuing
Notices of Obligation (NOOs) for WIA and Wagner-Peyser funds no later
than March 19, 2009, 30 days from the President's signing of the
Recovery Act.
In an effort to support States in their rapid deployment of funds
and recognizing that normal plan submission and approval procedures may
hamper such efforts, ETA has determined that States' approved PY 2008
WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic State Plans qualify the States to
receive Recovery Act allotments pursuant to WIA section 112. To qualify
States for PY 2009 allotments, ETA will grant extensions on current WIA
and Wagner-Peyser Strategic State Plans for PY 2009. This strategy will
permit States to immediately receive and begin expending Recovery Act
funds while providing a meaningful period in which to develop plans for
the most effective use of Recovery Act and formula funds. Requests for
the extension through June 30, 2009, must be submitted to ETA by April
15, 2009. ETA will require that States submit a subsequent modification
to the State Plan to incorporate Recovery Act planning by June 30,
2009. Details regarding the State Plan modifications will be provided
in a subsequent Policy and Planning TEGL.
Likewise, because approved local plans are already in place, States
are required to make the Recovery Act funds for WIA and Wagner-Peyser
available to Local Areas not later than 30 days of being made available
to the State. States are encouraged to devise a Local Plan modification
process that enables local areas to plan for the quickest and most
effective use of Recovery Act funds in the local areas while not
delaying the rapid allocation of funds to local areas within 30 days of
receipt of funds by the State. Therefore, the Local Plans, required by
WIA section 118, may be dated and not reflect the economic context
altered by the economic downturn or strategies altered by the
additional funds available through the Recovery Act. Under 20 CFR
661.355, each Governor sets the policy for when a Local Plan must be
modified, such as significant changes in local economic conditions and
changes in financing available for WIA title I and partner-provided WIA
services. States are encouraged to review their Local Plan modification
policy, and to require that Local Plans be modified according to State
policy.
State Youth Activities Funds: Title I Subtitle B--Chapter 4--Youth
Activities
A. State Allotments. The amount available for WIA Youth Activities
totals $1,188,000,000, which includes $17,820,000 for Native Americans,
$1,167,210,000 for States, and $2,970,000 for outlying areas.
Attachment II contains a breakdown of the State WIA Youth Activities
program allotments by State. States are expected to spend Recovery Act
funding quickly and effectively.
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Even though the supplemental funds are part of the PY 2008 grant
agreements, the allotment formulas use more recent unemployment data
than that used for the PY 2008 allotments in order to more effectively
distribute Recovery Act funds to those areas of greatest need. The
three data factors required by WIA for the Youth Activities State
formula allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed for Areas of Substantial Unemployment
(ASUs), averages for the 12-month period, July 2007 through June 2008,
as prepared by the States using special 2000 Census data based on
households, obtained under contract with the Census Bureau and provided
to States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS);
(2) The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher), averages for the same 12-month period
as used for ASU unemployment data; and
(3) The number of economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,
excluding college students and military), from special 2000 census
tabulations.
While the total amount available for States is above the $1 billion
threshold, the Recovery Act exempts the program from the additional
minimum provisions required by that threshold as specified in WIA
Section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV). 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. WIA also requires the application of a 130 percent stop-
gain of the prior year allotment percentage. For purposes of the hold-
harmless provision, the PY 2008 allotment percentages are used for the
preceding year.
B. Within-State Allocations. Youth Activities funds are to be
distributed among local workforce investment areas (subject to
reservation of up to 15 percent for statewide workforce investment
activities) in accordance with the provisions of WIA Section 128 and
according to the approved State Plan.
For purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-state Youth
Activities allocation formula, States should continue to use the
special 2000 Census data based on households which was obtained under
contract with the Census Bureau and provided to States in October 2006
by BLS. These data will continue to be used for this purpose until
further notice. For purposes of developing the number of economically
disadvantaged Youth Activities for the statutory formula, the special
2000 census data provided to States for the within-state Youth
Activities allocations beginning in PY 2004 should continue to be used.
States are to use the same reference periods for the data factors
as described above and PY 2008 as the prior year hold-harmless, to be
consistent with national office allotment distributions.
C. Transfers of Funds. There is no authority for local workforce
investment areas to transfer funds to or from the Youth Activities
program.
State Adult Employment and Training Activities Funds: Title I Subtitle
B--Chapter 5--Adult and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training
Activities
A. State Allotments. The amount available for Adult Activities is
$495,000,000 of which $493,762,500 is for States and $1,237,500 is for
outlying areas. Attachment III shows the Adult Activities allotments.
States are strongly encouraged to spend Recovery Act funding quickly
and effectively. WIA funding for the WIA Adult program is considered to
be PY 2008 funds and, therefore, must be expended by June 30, 2011.
Even though the supplemental funds are part of the PY 2008 grant
agreements, the allotment formulas use more recent unemployment data
than that used for the PY 2008 allotments in order to more effectively
distribute Recovery Act funds to those areas of greatest need. The
three data factors required by WIA for the Adult State formula
allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed for Areas of Substantial Unemployment
(ASUs), averages for the 12-month period, July 2007 through June 2008,
as prepared by the States using special 2000 Census data based on
households, obtained under contract with the Census Bureau and provided
to States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS);
(2) The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher), averages for the same 12-month period
as used for ASU unemployment data; and
(3) The number of economically disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military) from special 2000 census
tabulations.
Since the total amount available for the Adult program for States
is below the required $960 million threshold specified in WIA Section
132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), the WIA additional minimum provisions are not
applicable. Also, like the youth program, the provision applying the
130 percent stop-gain of the prior year allotment percentage was used.
For purposes of the hold-harmless provision, the PY 2008 allotment
percentages are used for the preceding year.
B. Within-State Allocations. Adult allotments are to be distributed
among local workforce investment areas (subject to reservation of up to
15 percent for statewide workforce investment activities) in accordance
with the provisions in WIA Section 133 and according to the approved
State Plan.
For purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-state Adult
allocation formula, the special 2000 census data provided to States by
BLS in October 2006 is to be used for census sharing until further
notice. For purposes of developing the number of economically
disadvantaged adults for the statutory formula, the special 2000 census
data provided to States for the within-state Adult Activities
allocations beginning in PY 2004 should continue to be used.
States are to use the same reference periods for the data factors
as described above and PY 2008 as the prior year hold-harmless, to be
consistent with national office allotment distributions.
C. Transfers of Funds. WIA Section 133(b)(4) provides the authority
for local workforce investment areas, with approval of the Governor, to
transfer up to 20 percent of the Adult Activities funds to Dislocated
Worker Activities, and up to 20 percent of Dislocated Worker Activities
funds to Adult Activities. It should be noted that this is different
than the 30 percent currently permitted for regular formula funds
pursuant to prior year appropriation acts. Additionally, ETA does not
anticipate granting waivers that would allow transfers above the 20
percent. As will be described in the forthcoming planning guidance, the
waiver to transfer more than 20 percent of local area funds between
Dislocated Worker and Adult programs will not apply to Recovery Act
funds.
State Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Funds: Title I Subtitle
B --Chapter 5--Adult and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training
Activities
The amount available for the Dislocated Worker Activities program
is $1,435,500,000, with $1,237,500,000 for States, $3,588,750 for
outlying areas, and $194,411,250 for the National Reserve. States are
expected to spend Recovery Act funding quickly and effectively.
Recovery Act funding is considered to be PY 2008 funds and,
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therefore, must be expended by June 30, 2011.
A. State Allotments. Attachment IV shows Recovery Act Dislocated
Worker Activities fund allotments by State.
The three data factors required in WIA for the dislocated worker
State formula allotments are:
(1) The number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period,
January 2008 through December 2008;
(2) The number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month
period, January 2008 through December 2008; and
(3) The number of long-term unemployed, averages for calendar year
2008.
B. Within-State Allocations. Dislocated Worker Activities funds for
the Recovery Act are to be distributed among local workforce investment
areas (subject to reservation of up to 25 percent for statewide rapid
response activities and up to 15 percent for statewide workforce
investment activities) in accordance with the provisions in WIA Section
133 and according to the approved State Plan.
C. Transfers of Funds. WIA Section 133(b)(4) provides the authority
for local workforce investment areas, with approval of the Governor, to
transfer up to 20 percent of the Adult Activities funds to Dislocated
Worker Activities, and up to 20 percent of Dislocated Worker Activities
funds to Adult Activities. It should be noted that this is different
than the 30 percent currently permitted for regular formula funds
pursuant to prior year appropriation acts. Additionally, ETA does not
anticipate granting waivers that would allow transfers above the 20
percent. As will be described in the forthcoming planning guidance, the
waiver to transfer more than 20 percent of local area funds between
Dislocated Worker and Adult programs will not apply to Recovery Act
funds.
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments
The amount available for employment service grants totals
$396,000,000. Within this amount $247,500,000 is designated for
reemployment services (RES) to connect unemployment insurance claimants
to employment and training opportunities that will facilitate their
reentry to employment. Such funds shall remain available to the States
for obligation through September 30, 2010, and must be expended by the
end of PY 2010.
After determining the funding for outlying areas, allotments to
States are calculated using the formula set forth at section 6 of the
Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e). Formula allotments are based on each
State's share of calendar year 2008 monthly averages of the civilian
labor force and unemployment. The distribution of Wagner-Peyser funds
includes $395,034,690 for States, as well as $965,310 for outlying
areas. Attachment V shows the distribution of Recovery Act amounts
under the ES formula.
Under section 7(b) 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, services for groups with
special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for
delivering job services through the one-stop system.
Reporting
Financial Reporting for the Recovery Act Funds
For the WIA formula programs, States are required to track
financial information separately for each of the funding streams.
States will submit the standard ETA-9130 reports for statewide youth,
statewide adult, statewide dislocated worker, statewide rapid response
(Dislocated Worker Activities), local youth, local adult, and local
dislocated worker activities. The ETA-9130 reports for Recovery Act
funds will be due 10 days after the end of the quarter rather than the
current 45 day requirement. States are also to submit the ETA-9130
report each quarter for the Wagner-Peyser Act funds. Final guidance on
financial reporting will be issued under a separate document.
Participant and Performance Reporting for the Recovery Act Funds
Accountability guidelines for the Recovery Act emphasize data
quality, streamlining data collection, and collection of information
that shows measurable program outputs. ETA is developing reporting
guidelines that will minimize any new collection burdens. Final
guidance on participant and performance reporting will be issued under
a separate TEGL.
To the extent that new information or reports are required for
Recovery Act activities, ETA will seek OMB clearance through the
Paperwork Reduction Act process.
WIA Youth: 2009 Recovery Act
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State Allotment
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Total................................................ $1,188,000,000
Alabama.............................................. 11,647,403
Alaska............................................... 3,936,018
Arizona.............................................. 17,830,637
Arkansas............................................. 12,065,555
California........................................... 186,622,034
Colorado............................................. 11,874,970
Connecticut.......................................... 11,034,723
Delaware............................................. 2,918,025
District of Columbia................................. 3,969,821
Florida.............................................. 42,873,265
Georgia.............................................. 31,361,665
Hawaii............................................... 2,918,025
Idaho................................................ 2,918,025
Illinois............................................. 62,203,400
Indiana.............................................. 23,677,573
Iowa................................................. 5,172,183
Kansas............................................... 7,121,714
Kentucky............................................. 17,709,821
Louisiana............................................ 20,012,271
Maine................................................ 4,293,710
Maryland............................................. 11,585,610
Massachusetts........................................ 24,838,038
Michigan............................................. 73,949,491
Minnesota............................................ 17,789,172
Mississippi.......................................... 18,687,021
Missouri............................................. 25,400,077
Montana.............................................. 2,918,025
Nebraska............................................. 2,944,616
Nevada............................................... 7,570,212
New Hampshire........................................ 2,918,025
New Jersey........................................... 20,834,103
New Mexico........................................... 6,235,678
New York............................................. 71,526,360
North Carolina....................................... 25,070,698
North Dakota......................................... 2,918,025
Ohio................................................. 56,158,510
Oklahoma............................................. 8,708,036
Oregon............................................... 15,068,081
Pennsylvania......................................... 40,647,780
Puerto Rico.......................................... 42,456,987
Rhode Island......................................... 5,611,097
South Carolina....................................... 24,712,293
South Dakota......................................... 2,918,025
Tennessee............................................ 25,099,116
Texas................................................ 82,000,708
Utah................................................. 5,067,154
Vermont.............................................. 2,918,025
Virginia............................................. 12,982,612
Washington........................................... 23,445,432
West Virginia........................................ 5,343,318
Wisconsin............................................ 13,808,812
Wyoming.............................................. 2,918,025
State Total...................................... 1,167,210,000
American Samoa....................................... 170,030
Guam................................................. 1,383,998
Northern Marianas.................................... 512,149
Palau................................................ 86,779
Virgin Islands....................................... 817,044
Outlying Areas Total............................. 2,970,000
Native Americans..................................... 17,820,000
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WIA Adult: 2009 Recovery Act
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State Allotment
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Total................................................ $495,000,000
Alabama.............................................. 5,103,029
Alaska............................................... 1,679,456
Arizona.............................................. 7,616,346
Arkansas............................................. 5,072,930
California........................................... 80,117,954
Colorado............................................. 4,792,362
Connecticut.......................................... 4,385,149
Delaware............................................. 1,234,406
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District of Columbia................................. 1,542,940
Florida.............................................. 19,448,002
Georgia.............................................. 13,119,015
Hawaii............................................... 1,234,406
Idaho................................................ 1,234,406
Illinois............................................. 25,790,612
Indiana.............................................. 9,393,463
Iowa................................................. 1,554,835
Kansas............................................... 2,702,158
Kentucky............................................. 8,192,097
Louisiana............................................ 8,703,290
Maine................................................ 1,808,086
Maryland............................................. 4,909,757
Massachusetts........................................ 10,073,668
Michigan............................................. 30,857,680
Minnesota............................................ 6,952,045
Mississippi.......................................... 7,772,797
Missouri............................................. 10,482,040
Montana.............................................. 1,234,406
Nebraska............................................. 1,234,406
Nevada............................................... 3,392,179
New Hampshire........................................ 1,234,406
New Jersey........................................... 9,386,433
New Mexico........................................... 2,659,786
New York............................................. 31,516,111
North Carolina....................................... 10,337,165
North Dakota......................................... 1,234,406
Ohio................................................. 23,386,373
Oklahoma............................................. 3,650,170
Oregon............................................... 6,327,640
Pennsylvania......................................... 16,545,744
Puerto Rico.......................................... 20,128,708
Rhode Island......................................... 2,106,542
South Carolina....................................... 10,417,221
South Dakota......................................... 1,234,406
Tennessee............................................ 10,835,862
Texas................................................ 34,344,771
Utah................................................. 1,798,155
Vermont.............................................. 1,234,406
Virginia............................................. 5,227,634
Washington........................................... 9,694,268
West Virginia........................................ 2,410,113
Wisconsin............................................ 5,183,854
Wyoming.............................................. 1,234,406
State Total...................................... 493,762,500
American Samoa....................................... 75,000
Guam................................................. 554,734
Northern Marianas.................................... 205,279
Palau................................................ 75,000
Virgin Islands....................................... 327,487
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Outlying Areas Total............................. 1,237,500
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WIA Dislocated Worker: 2009 Recovery Act
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State Allotment
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Total................................................ $1,435,500,000
Alabama.............................................. 13,193,657
Alaska............................................... 3,546,444
Arizona.............................................. 17,403,029
Arkansas............................................. 7,518,483
California........................................... 221,906,888
Colorado............................................. 14,464,916
Connecticut.......................................... 14,884,070
Delaware............................................. 2,039,325
District of Columbia................................. 3,792,823
Florida.............................................. 80,551,937
Georgia.............................................. 43,801,838
Hawaii............................................... 2,161,193
Idaho................................................ 2,832,818
Illinois............................................. 68,533,653
Indiana.............................................. 26,213,424
Iowa................................................. 5,225,689
Kansas............................................... 5,203,888
Kentucky............................................. 18,713,127
Louisiana............................................ 9,258,530
Maine................................................ 4,572,069
Maryland............................................. 11,255,145
Massachusetts........................................ 21,223,446
Michigan............................................. 78,452,046
Minnesota............................................ 20,963,288
Mississippi.......................................... 14,210,277
Missouri............................................. 25,830,846
Montana.............................................. 1,756,038
Nebraska............................................. 2,591,113
Nevada............................................... 14,311,733
New Hampshire........................................ 2,501,984
New Jersey........................................... 32,706,420
New Mexico........................................... 2,960,889
New York............................................. 66,368,188
North Carolina....................................... 44,419,273
North Dakota......................................... 916,452
Ohio................................................. 58,511,252
Oklahoma............................................. 6,023,463
Oregon............................................... 17,162,449
Pennsylvania......................................... 42,482,006
Puerto Rico.......................................... 29,524,346
Rhode Island......................................... 7,945,909
South Carolina....................................... 24,705,053
South Dakota......................................... 953,834
Tennessee............................................ 28,372,248
Texas................................................ 53,768,305
Utah................................................. 3,536,734
Vermont.............................................. 1,749,098
Virginia............................................. 14,115,351
Washington........................................... 22,142,010
West Virginia........................................ 3,579,605
Wisconsin............................................ 16,059,607
Wyoming.............................................. 583,791
State Total...................................... 1,237,500,000
American Samoa....................................... 217,500
Guam................................................. 1,608,729
Northern Marianas.................................... 595,309
Palau................................................ 217,500
Virgin Islands....................................... 949,712
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Outlying Areas Total............................. 3,588,750
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National Reserve Total....................... 194,411,250
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Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser): 2009 Recovery Act
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State Total allotment RES Other
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Total.................................................. $396,000,000 $247,500,000 $148,500,000
Alabama................................................ 5,093,106 3,183,191 1,909,915
Alaska................................................. 4,304,709 2,690,443 1,614,266
Arizona................................................ 7,022,967 4,389,354 2,633,613
Arkansas............................................... 3,309,854 2,068,659 1,241,195
California............................................. 46,970,564 29,356,604 17,613,960
Colorado............................................... 6,212,434 3,882,771 2,329,663
Connecticut............................................ 4,449,594 2,780,996 1,668,598
Delaware............................................... 1,106,097 691,311 414,786
District of Columbia................................... 1,427,427 892,142 535,285
Florida................................................ 22,146,579 13,841,612 8,304,967
Georgia................................................ 11,711,489 7,319,681 4,391,808
Hawaii................................................. 1,426,246 891,404 534,842
Idaho.................................................. 3,586,589 2,241,618 1,344,971
Illinois............................................... 16,567,244 10,354,527 6,212,717
Indiana................................................ 7,858,143 4,911,339 2,946,804
Iowa................................................... 3,726,404 2,329,002 1,397,402
Kansas................................................. 3,436,869 2,148,043 1,288,826
Kentucky............................................... 5,146,036 3,216,272 1,929,764
Louisiana.............................................. 5,191,488 3,244,680 1,946,808
Maine.................................................. 2,132,910 1,333,069 799,841
Maryland............................................... 6,688,441 4,180,276 2,508,165
Massachusetts.......................................... 8,063,456 5,039,660 3,023,796
Michigan............................................... 13,858,019 8,661,262 5,196,757
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Minnesota.............................................. 6,895,090 4,309,431 2,585,659
Mississippi............................................ 3,617,920 2,261,200 1,356,720
Missouri............................................... 7,399,208 4,624,505 2,774,703
Montana................................................ 2,930,979 1,831,862 1,099,117
Nebraska............................................... 3,522,460 2,201,537 1,320,923
Nevada................................................. 3,471,160 2,169,475 1,301,685
New Hampshire.......................................... 1,617,171 1,010,732 606,439
New Jersey............................................. 10,662,171 6,663,857 3,998,314
New Mexico............................................. 3,289,073 2,055,671 1,233,402
New York............................................... 22,855,217 14,284,511 8,570,706
North Carolina......................................... 11,091,396 6,932,122 4,159,274
North Dakota........................................... 2,984,613 1,865,383 1,119,230
Ohio................................................... 15,017,635 9,386,022 5,631,613
Oklahoma............................................... 3,912,797 2,445,498 1,467,299
Oregon................................................. 4,898,310 3,061,444 1,836,866
Pennsylvania........................................... 15,098,730 9,436,706 5,662,024
Puerto Rico............................................ 4,645,634 2,903,521 1,742,113
Rhode Island........................................... 1,497,925 936,203 561,722
South Carolina......................................... 5,604,614 3,502,884 2,101,730
South Dakota........................................... 2,758,469 1,724,043 1,034,426
Tennessee.............................................. 7,414,473 4,634,046 2,780,427
Texas.................................................. 27,188,088 16,992,555 10,195,533
Utah................................................... 4,299,056 2,686,910 1,612,146
Vermont................................................ 1,292,224 807,640 484,584
Virginia............................................... 8,813,824 5,508,640 3,305,184
Washington............................................. 8,230,745 5,144,216 3,086,529
West Virginia.......................................... 3,157,340 1,973,337 1,184,003
Wisconsin.............................................. 7,291,549 4,557,218 2,734,331
Wyoming................................................ 2,140,154 1,337,596 802,558
State Total........................................ 395,034,690 246,896,681 148,138,009
Guam................................................... 185,297 115,811 69,486
Virgin Islands......................................... 780,013 487,508 292,505
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Outlying Areas Total................................... 965,310 603,319 361,991
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Signed: At Washington, DC, on this 13th day of March 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6029 Filed 3-18-09; 8:45 am]
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