[Federal Register: April 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 80)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive
Funding Availability for Program Year (PY) 2003 Performance
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department
of Education, announces that 19 states are eligible to apply for
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.) incentive awards under the WIA Regulations.
DATES: The 19 eligible states must submit their applications for
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 13, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Performance and Technology, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room S-5206, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Esther R.
Johnson, 202-693-3031 (phone), 202-693-3490 (fax), e-mail:
johnson.esther@dol.gov. Please be advised that mail delivery in the
Washington, DC area has been inconsistent because of concerns about
anthrax contamination. States are encouraged to submit applications via
e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Performance and
Technology, Karen Staha (phone: 202-693-3031 or e-mail:
staha.karen@dol.gov). (This is not a toll-free number.) Information may
also be found at the Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 19 states (see list below) have qualified to
receive a share of the $16.6 million available for incentive grant
awards under WIA section 503. These funds, which were contributed by
the Department of Education from appropriations for the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act, are available to the states through June 30,
2007, to support innovative workforce development and education
activities that are authorized under title I (Workforce Investment
Systems) or title II (the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
(AEFLA)) of WIA, or under the Perkins Act (Pub. L. 105-332, 20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.). In order to qualify for a grant award, a state must have
exceeded performance levels, agreed to by the Secretaries, Governor,
and State Education Officer, for outcomes in WIA title I, adult
education (AEFLA), and vocational education (Perkins Act) programs. The
goals included placement after training, retention in employment, and
improvement in literacy levels, among other measures. After review of
the performance data submitted by states to the Department of Labor and
to the Department of Education, each Department determined which states
would qualify for incentives for its program(s). (See below for a list
of the states that qualified under all three Acts.) These lists of
eligible states were compared, and states that qualified under all
three programs are eligible to receive an incentive grant award. The
amount that each state is eligible to receive was determined by the
Department of Labor and the Department of Education and is based on WIA
section 503(c) (20 U.S.C. 9273(c)), and is proportional to the total
funding received by these states for the three Acts.
The states eligible to apply for incentive grant awards, and the
amounts they are eligible to receive, are listed below:
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Amount of
State award
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1. Alabama................................................. $912,153
2. Colorado................................................ 825,020
3. Delaware................................................ 776,272
4. Georgia................................................. 944,675
5. Iowa.................................................... 803,173
6. Indiana................................................. 879,629
7. Louisiana............................................... 966,800
8. Maryland................................................ 870,909
9. Michigan................................................ 1,024,160
10. Minnesota.............................................. 852,449
11. Missouri............................................... 891,441
12. North Dakota........................................... 772,770
13. Nebraska............................................... 783,830
14. Nevada................................................. 797,987
15. Oregon................................................. 874,471
16. Pennsylvania........................................... 1,076,445
17. South Carolina......................................... 867,055
18. South Dakota........................................... 773,309
19. Tennessee.............................................. 912,500
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These eligible states must submit their applications for incentive
funding to the Department of Labor by June 13, 2005. As set forth in
the provisions of WIA section 503(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 9273(b)(2)), 20 CFR
666.220(b) and Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 20-
01, Change 3, Application Process for Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Section 503 Incentive Grants, Program Year 2003 Performance, which is
available at http://www.doleta.gov/performance, the application must
include assurances that:
A. The legislature of the state was consulted with respect to the
development of the application.
B. The application was approved by the Governor, the eligible
agency for adult education (as defined in section 203(4) of WIA (20
U.S.C. 9202(4))), and the state agency responsible for vocational and
technical education programs (as defined in section 3(9) of Perkins III
(20 U.S.C. 2302(9)).
C. The state and the eligible agency, as appropriate, exceeded the
state adjusted levels of performance for WIA title I, the state
adjusted levels of performance for the AEFLA, and the performance
levels established for Perkins Act programs.
In addition, states are requested to provide a description of the
planned use of incentive grants as part of the application process, to
ensure that the state's planned activities are innovative and are
otherwise authorized under the WIA title I, the AEFLA, and/or the
Perkins Act as amended, as required by WIA section 503(a). TEGL No. 20-
01, Change 3 provides the specific application process that states must
follow to apply for these funds.
The applications may take the form of a letter from the Governor,
or designee, to the Assistant Secretary of Labor, Emily Stover DeRocco,
Attention: Esther R. Johnson, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-5206,
Washington, DC 20210. In order to expedite the application process,
states are encouraged to submit their applications electronically to
Karen Staha at staha.karen@dol.gov.
The states will receive their incentive awards by June 30, 2005.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of April, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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PY2003 Performance Qualifies State for Incentives
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Eligible for
State WIA AEFLA Perkins Act incentive
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1. Alaska............................................... ............ ............ X ............
2. Alabama.............................................. X X X X
3. Arkansas............................................. ............ X X ............
4. Arizona.............................................. ............ X X ............
5. California........................................... ............ X X ............
6. Colorado............................................. X X X X
7. Connecticut.......................................... ............ X X ............
8. District of Columbia................................. ............ X X ............
9. Delaware............................................. X X X X
10. Florida............................................. ............ X X ............
11. Georgia............................................. X X X X
12. Hawaii.............................................. ............ X ............ ............
13. Iowa................................................ X X X X
14. Idaho............................................... ............ ............ X ............
15. Illinois............................................ ............ X X ............
16. Indiana............................................. X X X X
17. Kansas.............................................. ............ X X ............
18. Kentucky............................................ X X ............ ............
19. Louisiana........................................... X X X X
20. Massachusetts....................................... ............ X X ............
21. Maryland............................................ X X X X
22. Maine............................................... ............ X X ............
23. Michigan............................................ X X X X
24. Minnesota........................................... X X X X
25. Missouri............................................ X X X X
26. Mississippi......................................... X ............ X ............
27. Montana............................................. ............ ............ X ............
28. North Carolina...................................... ............ X X ............
29. North Dakota........................................ X X X X
30. Nebraska............................................ X X X X
31. New Hampshire....................................... ............ X X ............
32. New Jersey.......................................... ............ ............ X ............
33. New Mexico.......................................... X ............ X ............
34. Nevada.............................................. X X X X
35. New York............................................ X ............ X ............
36. Ohio................................................ ............ X X ............
37. Oklahoma............................................ ............ X X ............
38. Oregon.............................................. X X X X
39. Pennsylvania........................................ X X X X
40. Puerto Rico......................................... ............ X ............ ............
41. Rhode Island........................................ ............ X X ............
42. South Carolina...................................... X X X X
43. South Dakota........................................ X X X X
44. Tennessee........................................... X X X X
45. Texas............................................... ............ X ............ ............
46. Utah................................................ ............ ............ X ............
47. Virginia............................................ ............ X X ............
48. Vermont............................................. ............ X X ............
49. Washington.......................................... X ............ X ............
50. Wisconsin........................................... ............ X X ............
51. West Virginia....................................... ............ X ............ ............
52. Wyoming............................................. ............ X X ............
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