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Renewal of long-term water service
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Consideration of amending the longterm irrigation repayment contract and
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Lisa Vehmas,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Program Year (PY) 2019 Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Section 167, National Farmworker Jobs
Program (NFJP) Grantee Allotments
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces
allotments for Program Year (PY) 2019
for the WIOA Title I Section 167
National Farmworker Jobs Program, as
required under Section 182(d) of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act of 2014. The Department of Defense
and Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education Appropriations Act,
2019, and Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2019, enacted September 28, 2018,
provides $82,447,000 for formula grants
and another $5,922,000 for migrant and
seasonal farmworker housing (of which
not less than 70 percent shall be for
permanent housing). Another $527,000
will be set aside for discretionary
purposes.
The formula was developed for the
purpose of distributing funds
geographically by State service area, on
the basis of each State service area’s
relative share of persons eligible for the
program. The formula’s methodology
was described in a notice published in
the Federal Register on May 19, 1999
(64 FR 27390). That information is
accessible at https://
www.federalregister.gov/.
Beginning with PY 2018, ETA
incorporated two modifications to the
allotment formula, with the goal of
providing more accurate estimates of
each State service area’s relative share of
persons eligible for the program. The
formula also used updated data from
each of the four data files serving as the
basis of the formula since 1999. Based
on the new estimates, the Department of
Labor (DOL or Department) instituted a
hold-harmless provision for PY 2018
and two following years. The holdharmless provision is designed to
provide a staged transition from old to
new funding levels for State service
areas and minimize the impact on those
states incurring significant change.
DATES: The PY 2019 NFJP allotments
become effective July 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Questions on this notice can
be submitted to the Employment and
Training Administration, Office of
Workforce Investment, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Room C4510, Washington, DC
SUMMARY:
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20210, Attention: Laura Iban˜ez, Unit
Chief, (202) 693–3645 or Steven Rietzke,
Division Chief at (202) 693–3912, or at
NFJP@dol.gov. Individuals with hearing
or speech impairments may access the
telephone numbers above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY–
TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published pursuant to Section
182(d) of the WIOA, Prompt Allotment
of Funds.
I. Background
The Department is announcing final
PY 2019 allotments for the NFJP. This
notice provides information on the
amount of funds available during PY
2019 to State service areas awarded
grants through the PY 2016 Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for
the NFJP Career Services and Training
and Housing Assistance Grants. The
allotments are based on the funds
appropriated in the Department of
Defense and Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations
Act, 2019, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law
115–245, enacted September 28, 2018,
(from this point forward, referred to as
‘‘the Act’’). In appropriating these funds,
Congress provided $82,447,000 for
Career Services and Training Grants;
$5,922,000 for Housing Assistance
Grants; and $527,000 for discretionary
purposes. Included below is the table
listing the PY 2019 allotments for the
NFJP Career Services and Training
Grants, as well as the sub-allocation
table for the state of California.
California is the only State service area
with more than one grant; the current
sub-allocation formula for California
was developed in collaboration with the
existing grantees. Individual grants are
awarded for Housing Assistance as a
result of the grants competition and are
further distributed according to
language in the appropriations law
requiring that of the total amount
available, not less than 70 percent shall
be allocated to permanent housing
activities, leaving not more than 30
percent to temporary housing activities.
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II. Description of Updated Data Files
and Proposed Modifications to the
Allotment Formula
As with all State planning estimates
since 1999, the PY 2019 estimates are
based on four data sources: (1) Statelevel, 2012 hired farm labor expenditure
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data from the United States Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA) Census of
Agriculture (COA); (2) regional-level,
2012 average hourly earnings data from
the USDA’s Farm Labor Survey; (3)
regional-level, 2006–2014 demographic
data from the ETA’s National
Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS);
and, (4) 2010–2014 (5-year file) Lower
Living Standard Income Level data from
the United States Census Bureau’s
American Community Survey. A
detailed description of how each data
source is used within the formula is in
the May 19, 1999 FRN (pages 27396 to
27399).
Two modifications were incorporated
into the formula in PY 2018, and the
formula for PY 2019 retains those
modifications. ‘Back-out’ adjustments
were made to the COA hired labor
expenditures (Wage Bill) to account for:
(1) Unemployment Insurance (UI)
payroll tax payments made on behalf of
farm workers; and (2) expenditures on
H–2A workers. The modifications
allowed DOL to more accurately
estimate each State’s share of the NFJPeligible population. The first
modification removed non-wages from
COA farm labor expenditures. UI
payroll tax payments, which vary by
State, are not wages. The second
modification removed labor
expenditures on H–2A workers from
COA farm labor expenditures to align
the allotment formula with the NFJPeligible population. H–2A workers may
only be provided emergency services.
Additional information regarding these
modifications is located in the May 23,
2018 FRN 83 (pages 23937 to 23940)
and the July 11, 2018 FRN 83 (pages
32151 to 32155).
III. Description of the Hold-Harmless
Provision
For PY 2019 and 2020, the
Department will continue the holdharmless provision to the allotment
formula in order to allow a staged
transition from the application of the
previous formula to the modified
formula. The hold-harmless provision
provides for a stop loss/stop gain limit
to transition to the use of the updated
data. Due to the length of time between
updates, there were significant changes
for a few states, necessitating the stop
loss/stop gain approach. This approach
is based on a State service area’s
previous year’s allotment percentage
share, which is its relative share of the
total formula allotments. The staged
transition of the hold-harmless
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provision is proposed specifically as
follows:
(1) In PY 2018, State service areas
received an amount equal to 95 percent
of their PY 2017 allotment percentage
share, as applied to the PY 2018 formula
funds available;
(2) In PY 2019, State service areas will
receive an amount equal to 90 percent
of their PY 2018 allotment percentage
share, as applied to the PY 2019 formula
funds available;
(3) In PY 2020, State service areas will
receive an amount equal to at least 85
percent of their PY 2019 allotment
percentage share, as applied to the PY
2020 formula funds available.
In PY 2019 and 2020, the holdharmless provision also provides that no
State service area will receive an
amount that is more than 150 percent of
their previous year’s allotment
percentage share.
IV. Minimum Funding Provisions
A State area which would receive less
than $60,000 by application of the
formula will, at the option of the DOL,
receive no allotment or, if practical, be
combined with another adjacent State
area. Funding below $60,000 is deemed
insufficient for sustaining an
independently administered program.
However, if practical, a State
jurisdiction which would receive less
than $60,000 may be combined with
another adjacent State area.
V. Program Year 2019 Preliminary
Planning Estimates
For PY 2019, ETA based estimated
funding on the funding levels provided
for in the Department of Defense and
Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations Act for the
migrant and seasonal farmworker
program, of which $82,447,000 was
allotted to career services and training
grants and $5,922,000 was allotted to
housing grants on the basis of the
formula. The State service area
allotment table shows the application of
the second-year (90 percent) holdharmless and minimum funding
provisions versus what was allotted in
PY 2018, followed by the difference in
dollar amounts from PY 2018, and the
total percentage change (positive or
negative).
Signed at Washington, DC.
Molly E. Conway,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM—
CAREER SERVICES AND TRAINING GRANTS PY 2019 IMPACT TO GRANT ALLOTMENTS WITH STOP LOSS/STOP GAIN
State
PY 2018
95% stop loss/
150% stop gain
PY 2019
90% stop loss/
150% stop gain
Difference
($)
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 ...........................................................................................
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 ..........................................................................................
$81,203,000
780,688
............................
2,208,505
1,128,611
20,302,807
1,172,108
350,127
135,621
............................
4,087,192
1,510,489
325,797
1,546,823
1,520,015
996,927
1,381,814
1,061,734
1,193,671
897,859
288,925
357,371
317,464
1,852,921
1,418,215
1,278,771
971,866
588,789
1,127,274
177,200
100,577
686,369
933,298
1,633,201
2,652,776
720,475
1,242,028
1,254,634
2,129,586
1,522,968
3,014,964
52,828
953,186
611,453
845,253
6,578,359
406,255
188,091
914,652
3,931,488
193,552
1,426,806
230,617
$82,447,000
751,290
............................
2,378,836
1,072,255
21,868,660
1,262,507
377,130
146,081
............................
3,734,826
1,566,766
301,846
1,666,122
1,637,247
1,073,815
1,488,387
1,143,620
1,090,762
820,452
308,242
362,410
341,568
1,995,828
1,527,595
1,168,525
923,513
589,076
1,214,215
178,911
108,334
627,196
983,177
1,492,399
2,472,721
776,042
1,328,722
1,146,469
2,293,830
1,392,650
2,755,037
56,902
871,010
572,272
838,575
6,011,223
437,588
174,107
939,663
4,234,704
176,865
1,536,848
230,181
$1,244,000
(29,398)
............................
170,331
(56,356)
1,565,853
90,399
27,003
10,460
............................
(352,366)
56,277
(23,951)
119,299
117,232
76,888
106,573
81,886
(102,909)
(77,407)
19,317
5,039
24,104
142,907
109,380
(110,246)
(48,353)
287
86,941
1,711
7,757
(59,173)
49,879
(140,802)
(180,055)
55,567
86,694
(108,165)
164,244
(130,318)
(259,927)
4,074
(82,176)
(39,181)
(6,678)
(567,136)
31,333
(13,984)
25,011
303,216
(16,687)
110,042
(436)
Difference
(%)
1.53
¥3.77
0.00
7.71
¥4.99
7.71
7.71
7.71
7.71
0.00
¥8.62
3.73
¥7.35
7.71
7.71
7.71
7.71
7.71
¥8.62
¥8.62
6.69
1.41
7.59
7.71
7.71
¥8.62
¥4.98
0.05
7.71
0.97
7.71
¥8.62
5.34
¥8.62
¥6.79
7.71
6.98
¥8.62
7.71
¥8.56
¥8.62
7.71
¥8.62
¥6.41
¥0.79
¥8.62
7.71
¥7.43
2.73
7.71
¥8.62
7.71
¥0.19
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM PY
2019 CAREER SERVICES AND TRAINING GRANT ALLOTMENTS
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State
Total
Total .................................................................................................................................................................................................
Alabama ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
Alaska.
Arizona .............................................................................................................................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
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$82,447,000
751,290
2,378,836
1,072,255
21,868,660
1,262,507
377,130
146,081
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM PY
2019 CAREER SERVICES AND TRAINING GRANT ALLOTMENTS—Continued
State
Total
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 ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
............................
3,734,826
1,566,766
301,846
1,666,122
1,637,247
1,073,815
1,488,387
1,143 ,620
1,090,762
820,452
308,242
362,410
341,568
1,995,828
1,527,595
1,168,525
923,513
589,076
1,214,215
178,911
108,334
627,196
983,177
1,492,399
2,472,721
776,042
1,328,722
1,146,469
2,293,830
1,392,650
2,755,037
56,902
871,010
572,272
838,575
6,011,223
437,588
174,107
939,663
4,234,704
176,865
1,536,848
230,181
CALIFORNIA CAREER SERVICES AND TRAINING GRANTS
Grantee
Total
California Human Development Corporation ...................................................................................................................................
Proteus, Inc ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Center for Employment Training, Inc ..............................................................................................................................................
County of Kern, Employers Training Resource ...............................................................................................................................
Central Valley Opportunities Centers, Inc .......................................................................................................................................
4,067,571
4,439,338
8,791,201
2,493,027
2,077,523
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
21,868,660
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Program Year (PY) 2019 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) Section 167, National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grantee
Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces allotments for Program Year (PY) 2019
for the WIOA Title I Section 167 National Farmworker Jobs Program, as
required under Section 182(d) of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act of 2014. The Department of Defense and Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, enacted September 28, 2018,
provides $82,447,000 for formula grants and another $5,922,000 for
migrant and seasonal farmworker housing (of which not less than 70
percent shall be for permanent housing). Another $527,000 will be set
aside for discretionary purposes.
The formula was developed for the purpose of distributing funds
geographically by State service area, on the basis of each State
service area's relative share of persons eligible for the program. The
formula's methodology was described in a notice published in the
Federal Register on May 19, 1999 (64 FR 27390). That information is
accessible at https://www.federalregister.gov/.
Beginning with PY 2018, ETA incorporated two modifications to the
allotment formula, with the goal of providing more accurate estimates
of each State service area's relative share of persons eligible for the
program. The formula also used updated data from each of the four data
files serving as the basis of the formula since 1999. Based on the new
estimates, the Department of Labor (DOL or Department) instituted a
hold-harmless provision for PY 2018 and two following years. The hold-
harmless provision is designed to provide a staged transition from old
to new funding levels for State service areas and minimize the impact
on those states incurring significant change.
DATES: The PY 2019 NFJP allotments become effective July 1, 2019
through June 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Questions on this notice can be submitted to the Employment
and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room C4510, Washington, DC
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20210, Attention: Laura Iba[ntilde]ez, Unit Chief, (202) 693-3645 or
Steven Rietzke, Division Chief at (202) 693-3912, or at [email protected].
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone
numbers above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY-TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to Section
182(d) of the WIOA, Prompt Allotment of Funds.
I. Background
The Department is announcing final PY 2019 allotments for the NFJP.
This notice provides information on the amount of funds available
during PY 2019 to State service areas awarded grants through the PY
2016 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the NFJP Career
Services and Training and Housing Assistance Grants. The allotments are
based on the funds appropriated in the Department of Defense and Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 115-245, enacted
September 28, 2018, (from this point forward, referred to as ``the
Act''). In appropriating these funds, Congress provided $82,447,000 for
Career Services and Training Grants; $5,922,000 for Housing Assistance
Grants; and $527,000 for discretionary purposes. Included below is the
table listing the PY 2019 allotments for the NFJP Career Services and
Training Grants, as well as the sub-allocation table for the state of
California. California is the only State service area with more than
one grant; the current sub-allocation formula for California was
developed in collaboration with the existing grantees. Individual
grants are awarded for Housing Assistance as a result of the grants
competition and are further distributed according to language in the
appropriations law requiring that of the total amount available, not
less than 70 percent shall be allocated to permanent housing
activities, leaving not more than 30 percent to temporary housing
activities.
II. Description of Updated Data Files and Proposed Modifications to the
Allotment Formula
As with all State planning estimates since 1999, the PY 2019
estimates are based on four data sources: (1) State-level, 2012 hired
farm labor expenditure data from the United States Department of
Agriculture's (USDA) Census of Agriculture (COA); (2) regional-level,
2012 average hourly earnings data from the USDA's Farm Labor Survey;
(3) regional-level, 2006-2014 demographic data from the ETA's National
Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS); and, (4) 2010-2014 (5-year file)
Lower Living Standard Income Level data from the United States Census
Bureau's American Community Survey. A detailed description of how each
data source is used within the formula is in the May 19, 1999 FRN
(pages 27396 to 27399).
Two modifications were incorporated into the formula in PY 2018,
and the formula for PY 2019 retains those modifications. `Back-out'
adjustments were made to the COA hired labor expenditures (Wage Bill)
to account for: (1) Unemployment Insurance (UI) payroll tax payments
made on behalf of farm workers; and (2) expenditures on H-2A workers.
The modifications allowed DOL to more accurately estimate each State's
share of the NFJP-eligible population. The first modification removed
non-wages from COA farm labor expenditures. UI payroll tax payments,
which vary by State, are not wages. The second modification removed
labor expenditures on H-2A workers from COA farm labor expenditures to
align the allotment formula with the NFJP-eligible population. H-2A
workers may only be provided emergency services. Additional information
regarding these modifications is located in the May 23, 2018 FRN 83
(pages 23937 to 23940) and the July 11, 2018 FRN 83 (pages 32151 to
32155).
III. Description of the Hold-Harmless Provision
For PY 2019 and 2020, the Department will continue the hold-
harmless provision to the allotment formula in order to allow a staged
transition from the application of the previous formula to the modified
formula. The hold-harmless provision provides for a stop loss/stop gain
limit to transition to the use of the updated data. Due to the length
of time between updates, there were significant changes for a few
states, necessitating the stop loss/stop gain approach. This approach
is based on a State service area's previous year's allotment percentage
share, which is its relative share of the total formula allotments. The
staged transition of the hold-harmless provision is proposed
specifically as follows:
(1) In PY 2018, State service areas received an amount equal to 95
percent of their PY 2017 allotment percentage share, as applied to the
PY 2018 formula funds available;
(2) In PY 2019, State service areas will receive an amount equal to
90 percent of their PY 2018 allotment percentage share, as applied to
the PY 2019 formula funds available;
(3) In PY 2020, State service areas will receive an amount equal to
at least 85 percent of their PY 2019 allotment percentage share, as
applied to the PY 2020 formula funds available.
In PY 2019 and 2020, the hold-harmless provision also provides that
no State service area will receive an amount that is more than 150
percent of their previous year's allotment percentage share.
IV. Minimum Funding Provisions
A State area which would receive less than $60,000 by application
of the formula will, at the option of the DOL, receive no allotment or,
if practical, be combined with another adjacent State area. Funding
below $60,000 is deemed insufficient for sustaining an independently
administered program. However, if practical, a State jurisdiction which
would receive less than $60,000 may be combined with another adjacent
State area.
V. Program Year 2019 Preliminary Planning Estimates
For PY 2019, ETA based estimated funding on the funding levels
provided for in the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Act for the migrant and seasonal
farmworker program, of which $82,447,000 was allotted to career
services and training grants and $5,922,000 was allotted to housing
grants on the basis of the formula. The State service area allotment
table shows the application of the second-year (90 percent) hold-
harmless and minimum funding provisions versus what was allotted in PY
2018, followed by the difference in dollar amounts from PY 2018, and
the total percentage change (positive or negative).
Signed at Washington, DC.
Molly E. Conway,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration National Farmworker Jobs Program--Career
Services and Training Grants PY 2019 Impact To Grant Allotments With Stop Loss/Stop Gain
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PY 2018 95% stop PY 2019 90% stop
State loss/ 150% stop loss/ 150% stop Difference ($) Difference (%)
gain gain
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Total................................... $81,203,000 $82,447,000 $1,244,000 1.53
Alabama................................. 780,688 751,290 (29,398) -3.77
Alaska.................................. ................ ................ ................ 0.00
Arizona................................. 2,208,505 2,378,836 170,331 7.71
Arkansas................................ 1,128,611 1,072,255 (56,356) -4.99
California.............................. 20,302,807 21,868,660 1,565,853 7.71
Colorado................................ 1,172,108 1,262,507 90,399 7.71
Connecticut............................. 350,127 377,130 27,003 7.71
Delaware................................ 135,621 146,081 10,460 7.71
District of Columbia.................... ................ ................ ................ 0.00
Florida................................. 4,087,192 3,734,826 (352,366) -8.62
Georgia................................. 1,510,489 1,566,766 56,277 3.73
Hawaii.................................. 325,797 301,846 (23,951) -7.35
Idaho................................... 1,546,823 1,666,122 119,299 7.71
Illinois................................ 1,520,015 1,637,247 117,232 7.71
Indiana................................. 996,927 1,073,815 76,888 7.71
Iowa.................................... 1,381,814 1,488,387 106,573 7.71
Kansas.................................. 1,061,734 1,143,620 81,886 7.71
Kentucky................................ 1,193,671 1,090,762 (102,909) -8.62
Louisiana............................... 897,859 820,452 (77,407) -8.62
Maine................................... 288,925 308,242 19,317 6.69
Maryland................................ 357,371 362,410 5,039 1.41
Massachusetts........................... 317,464 341,568 24,104 7.59
Michigan................................ 1,852,921 1,995,828 142,907 7.71
Minnesota............................... 1,418,215 1,527,595 109,380 7.71
Mississippi............................. 1,278,771 1,168,525 (110,246) -8.62
Missouri................................ 971,866 923,513 (48,353) -4.98
Montana................................. 588,789 589,076 287 0.05
Nebraska................................ 1,127,274 1,214,215 86,941 7.71
Nevada.................................. 177,200 178,911 1,711 0.97
New Hampshire........................... 100,577 108,334 7,757 7.71
New Jersey.............................. 686,369 627,196 (59,173) -8.62
New Mexico.............................. 933,298 983,177 49,879 5.34
New York................................ 1,633,201 1,492,399 (140,802) -8.62
North Carolina.......................... 2,652,776 2,472,721 (180,055) -6.79
North Dakota............................ 720,475 776,042 55,567 7.71
Ohio.................................... 1,242,028 1,328,722 86,694 6.98
Oklahoma................................ 1,254,634 1,146,469 (108,165) -8.62
Oregon.................................. 2,129,586 2,293,830 164,244 7.71
Pennsylvania............................ 1,522,968 1,392,650 (130,318) -8.56
Puerto Rico............................. 3,014,964 2,755,037 (259,927) -8.62
Rhode Island............................ 52,828 56,902 4,074 7.71
South Carolina.......................... 953,186 871,010 (82,176) -8.62
South Dakota............................ 611,453 572,272 (39,181) -6.41
Tennessee............................... 845,253 838,575 (6,678) -0.79
Texas................................... 6,578,359 6,011,223 (567,136) -8.62
Utah.................................... 406,255 437,588 31,333 7.71
Vermont................................. 188,091 174,107 (13,984) -7.43
Virginia................................ 914,652 939,663 25,011 2.73
Washington.............................. 3,931,488 4,234,704 303,216 7.71
West Virginia........................... 193,552 176,865 (16,687) -8.62
Wisconsin............................... 1,426,806 1,536,848 110,042 7.71
Wyoming................................. 230,617 230,181 (436) -0.19
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U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration National
Farmworker Jobs Program PY 2019 Career Services and Training Grant
Allotments
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State Total
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Total................................................. $82,447,000
Alabama............................................... 751,290
Alaska................................................
Arizona............................................... 2,378,836
Arkansas.............................................. 1,072,255
California............................................ 21,868,660
Colorado.............................................. 1,262,507
Connecticut........................................... 377,130
Delaware.............................................. 146,081
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District of Columbia.................................. ................
Florida............................................... 3,734,826
Georgia............................................... 1,566,766
Hawaii................................................ 301,846
Idaho................................................. 1,666,122
Illinois.............................................. 1,637,247
Indiana............................................... 1,073,815
Iowa.................................................. 1,488,387
Kansas................................................ 1,143 ,620
Kentucky.............................................. 1,090,762
Louisiana............................................. 820,452
Maine................................................. 308,242
Maryland.............................................. 362,410
Massachusetts......................................... 341,568
Michigan.............................................. 1,995,828
Minnesota............................................. 1,527,595
Mississippi........................................... 1,168,525
Missouri.............................................. 923,513
Montana............................................... 589,076
Nebraska.............................................. 1,214,215
Nevada................................................ 178,911
New Hampshire......................................... 108,334
New Jersey............................................ 627,196
New Mexico............................................ 983,177
New York.............................................. 1,492,399
North Carolina........................................ 2,472,721
North Dakota.......................................... 776,042
Ohio.................................................. 1,328,722
Oklahoma.............................................. 1,146,469
Oregon................................................ 2,293,830
Pennsylvania.......................................... 1,392,650
Puerto Rico........................................... 2,755,037
Rhode Island.......................................... 56,902
South Carolina........................................ 871,010
South Dakota.......................................... 572,272
Tennessee............................................. 838,575
Texas................................................. 6,011,223
Utah.................................................. 437,588
Vermont............................................... 174,107
Virginia.............................................. 939,663
Washington............................................ 4,234,704
West Virginia......................................... 176,865
Wisconsin............................................. 1,536,848
Wyoming............................................... 230,181
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California Career Services and Training Grants
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Grantee Total
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California Human Development Corporation.............. 4,067,571
Proteus, Inc.......................................... 4,439,338
Center for Employment Training, Inc................... 8,791,201
County of Kern, Employers Training Resource........... 2,493,027
Central Valley Opportunities Centers, Inc............. 2,077,523
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Total............................................. 21,868,660
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[FR Doc. 2019-14731 Filed 7-10-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
