Announcement Regarding the Virgin Islands Triggering “on” Tier Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)., 48904 [2011-20109]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment And Training
Administration
Announcement Regarding the Virgin
Islands Triggering ‘‘on’’ Tier Three of
Emergency Unemployment
Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Announcement regarding the
Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘on’’ Tier
Three of Emergency Unemployment
Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
Public law 111–312 extended
provisions in public law 111–92 which
amended prior laws to create a Third
and Fourth Tier of benefits within the
EUC08 program for qualified
unemployed workers claiming benefits
in high unemployment states. The
Department of Labor produces a trigger
notice indicating which states qualify
for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three
and Four and provides the beginning
and ending dates of payable periods for
each qualifying state. The trigger notice
covering state eligibility for the EUC08
program can be found at: https://
ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/
claims_arch.asp.
Based on data published July 8, 2011,
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the
following trigger change has occurred
for the Virgin Islands’ EUC08 program:
• The estimated three month average,
seasonally adjusted total unemployment
rate for the Virgin Islands rose to meet
or exceed the 6.0% threshold to trigger
‘‘on’’ in Tier Three of the EUC 2008
program. The payable period in Tier
Three for the Virgin Islands began July
24, 2011, and claimants there will be
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eligible for up to an additional 13 weeks
of benefits.
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in
the EUC program, and the terms and
conditions under which they are
payable, are governed by public laws
110–252, 110–449, 111–5, 111–92, 111–
118, 111–144, 111–157, 111–205 and
111–312, and the operating instructions
issued to the states by the U.S.
Department of Labor. Persons who
believe they may be entitled to
additional benefits under the EUC08
program, or who wish to inquire about
their rights under the program, should
contact their State Workforce Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Frances
Perkins Bldg. Room S–4524,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of
August, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Request for Comments—Poverty Data
and LSC Funding Distribution
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Request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Since 1996, the Legal Services
Corporation’s annual appropriation has
mandated that the Corporation
distribute most of its appropriated funds
to basic field programs for LSC-defined
geographic areas so as to provide an
equal figure per individual in poverty
for each geographic area. The
appropriation has further mandated that
the number of individuals in poverty in
each geographic area be determined by
the Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis
of the most recent decennial census.’’
The 2010 decennial census, however,
did not collect poverty data for the 50
states, the District of Columbia or Puerto
Rico, so ‘‘the most recent decennial
census’’ will not provide a basis for
determining how many people in
poverty are within those jurisdictions.
The LSC Board of Directors requests
comments on a proposal by LSC’s
management to address this issue by
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making recommendations to the
President and to Congress that: (1) The
determination of the number of
individuals in poverty in each
geographic area be made by the Bureau
of the Census, without any reference to
the decennial census as the basis for
that determination; (2) funding be
reallocated among geographic areas
every three years based on updated
poverty population determinations by
the Bureau of the Census; and (3) the
first reallocation be phased in over two
years, in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal
Year 2014.
DATES: Written comments will be
accepted until September 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by mail, fax or e-mail to Mark
Freedman, Senior Assistant General
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation,
3333 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20007;
202–295–1623 (phone); 202–337–6519
(fax); mfreedman@lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant
General Counsel, Legal Services
Corporation, 3333 K St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20007; 202–295–1623
(phone); 202–337–6519 (fax);
mfreedman@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal
Services Corporation (‘‘LSC’’ or
‘‘Corporation’’) was established by the
United States Congress ‘‘for the purpose
of providing financial support for legal
assistance in noncriminal matters or
proceedings to persons financially
unable to afford such assistance.’’ 42
U.S.C. 2996b(a). LSC performs this
function primarily through providing
Federal funding to civil legal aid
programs providing legal services to
low-income persons throughout the
United States and its possessions and
territories in geographic areas
determined by LSC. Since 1996, the
Legal Services Corporation’s annual
appropriation has mandated that the
Corporation distribute most of its
appropriated funds to basic field
programs for LSC-defined geographic
areas so as to provide an equal figure
per individual in poverty for each
geographic area. The appropriation has
further mandated that the number of
individuals in poverty in each
geographic area be determined by the
Bureau of the Census ‘‘on the basis of
the most recent decennial census.’’
(Certain exceptions apply for areas in
which other adjusted population counts
have been historically used.) Public Law
104–134, Title V, 501(a), 110 Stat. 1321,
1321–50 (1996) (incorporated by
reference thereafter). Under that
mandate, LSC has reallocated funding
every ten years. The 2010 U.S. census,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment And Training Administration
Announcement Regarding the Virgin Islands Triggering ``on'' Tier
Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the Virgin Islands triggering ``on''
Tier Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
Public law 111-312 extended provisions in public law 111-92 which
amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within
the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in
high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger
notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers
Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable
periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state
eligibility for the EUC08 program can be found at: https://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
Based on data published July 8, 2011, by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the following trigger change has occurred for the Virgin
Islands' EUC08 program:
The estimated three month average, seasonally adjusted
total unemployment rate for the Virgin Islands rose to meet or exceed
the 6.0% threshold to trigger ``on'' in Tier Three of the EUC 2008
program. The payable period in Tier Three for the Virgin Islands began
July 24, 2011, and claimants there will be eligible for up to an
additional 13 weeks of benefits.
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in the EUC program, and the terms
and conditions under which they are payable, are governed by public
laws 110-252, 110-449, 111-5, 111-92, 111-118, 111-144, 111-157, 111-
205 and 111-312, and the operating instructions issued to the states by
the U.S. Department of Labor. Persons who believe they may be entitled
to additional benefits under the EUC08 program, or who wish to inquire
about their rights under the program, should contact their State
Workforce Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3008 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of August, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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