[Federal Register: August 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 154)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Program Year (PY) 2006 WIA Final Allotments for Adult and Youth
Activities and Additional Funds From WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/
Dislocated Worker Activities for Eligible States
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces final allotments for PY 2006 (July 1,
2006--June 30, 2007) for the WIA youth and adult programs and
additional PY 2006 funding from WIA section 173(e) for eligible states.
The WIA allotments for states are based on provisions defined in
the statute. WIA allotments announced in the Federal Register on April,
11, 2006, remain unchanged for outlying areas in the adult and youth
programs and Native Americans in the youth program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WIA Youth Activities allotments:
Haskel Lowery at 202-693-3030 or LaSharn Youngblood at 202-693-3606,
and WIA Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments: Raymond
Palmer at 202-693-3535 or Stephanie Cabell at 202-693-3171 (these are
not toll-free numbers). General information about these training
programs may also be found at the Web site: http://www.doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Federal Register notice is an update to
the planning estimate levels for the WIA youth and adult programs
announced in the Federal Register on April 11, 2006. In this Notice,
the Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is announcing WIA final
allotments for PY 2006 (July 1, 2006--June 30, 2007) for Youth
Activities and Adult Activities, as well as the additional funding
available for eligible states from WIA section 173(e). The allotments
are based on the funds appropriated in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2006, Public Law 109-149, December 30, 2005, including the
Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address
Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006,
Public Law 109-148, Division B, Title III, Chapter 8 (December 30,
2005), which required a government-wide reduction of 1.0 percent to all
FY 2006 discretionary programs. Attached are tables displaying the PY
2006 final allotments for WIA Title I Youth Activities (Attachment I)
and Adult Activities (Attachment II).
Youth Activities Final Allotments. Total funding for PY 2006 WIA
Youth Activities is $940,500,000. Attachment I includes a breakdown of
the Youth Activities state final allotments for PY 2006 for all states
and outlying areas. In accordance with WIA section 127, before
determining the amount available for states, the amount available for
the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent, or $2,351,250 of the
total amount appropriated for Youth Activities, and 1.5 percent, or
$14,107,500, was reserved for Native Americans. Outlying areas and
Native Americans youth funding levels remain unchanged from the levels
identified in the earlier Notice.
After determining the amount for the outlying areas and Native
Americans, the amount available for allotment to the states for PY 2006
is $924,041,250. The three factors required in WIA for the youth
program state allotment formula use the following data for the PY 2006
allotments:
(1) Number of unemployed for areas of substantial unemployment
(ASUs),
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averages for the 12-month period, July 2004 through preliminary June
2005;
(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
unemployed individuals (depending on which is higher), averages for the
same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data; and
(3) Number of economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,
excluding college students and military), as counted in the 2000
Census.
The computation of final state allotments for the youth program is
based on ASU data for the PY 2006 allotments identified by the states
under revised guidance issued by the Employment and Training
Administration. The Federal Register Notice of April 11, 2006,
described the background for the revision of the ASU data, which was
related to a 2000 Census data processing problem, and announced
planning estimates for the youth program.
Since the total amount available for states in PY 2006 is below the
required $1 billion threshold specified in WIA section
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV), as it also was in PY 2005, the WIA additional
minimum provisions are not applicable. Instead, as required by WIA, the
Job Training Partnership Act (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 (not
dollars) and 0.25 percent state minimum floor are applicable. The
planning estimates announced earlier were based on the minimum amounts
states are guaranteed under these WIA formula minimum provisions. Now
that revised ASU data have been submitted by states and certified by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, final formula allotments for the states
for the WIA youth program have been calculated. In the final allotment
calculations, some states remain entitled to only the minimum amount,
and thus will receive no additional funds above their minimum. States
whose revised data generated an amount above their minimum amount will
also be entitled to those additional funds.
Adult Employment and Training Activities Final Allotments. The
total Adult Employment and Training Activities appropriation is
$864,198,640. Attachment II shows the PY 2006 Adult Activities final
allotments by state. Like the youth program, the total available for
the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent, or $2,160,497 of the
full amount appropriated for adults. Outlying areas adult funding
levels remain unchanged from the levels identified for the adult
program in the earlier Federal Register Notice of April 11, 2006. After
determining the amount for the outlying areas, the amount available for
allotments to the states is $862,038,143. The three factors for the
adult program state allotment formula use the same data (including
revised ASU data) as used for the youth program formula, except that
data for the number of economically disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students and military) are used.
Since the total amount available for the adult program for states
in PY 2006 is below the required $960 million threshold specified in
WIA section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), as it also was in PY 2005, the WIA
additional minimum provisions are not applicable. Instead, as required
by WIA, the JTPA section 202(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of the
Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992) minimums of 90 percent hold-
harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent state
minimum floor are applicable.
The Federal Register Notice of April 11, 2006, announced planning
estimates for the WIA adult program, as well as for the youth program.
The planning estimates were based on the minimum amounts states are
guaranteed under these WIA formula minimum provisions. Now that revised
ASU data have been submitted by states and certified by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, final formula allotments for the states for the WIA
adult program have been calculated. In the final allotment
calculations, some states remain entitled to only the minimum amount,
and thus will receive no additional funds above their minimum. States
whose revised data generated an amount above their minimum amount will
also be entitled to those additional funds.
Additional Funding from WIA Section 173(e) for Adult /Dislocated
Worker Activities for Eligible States. WIA section 173(e) provides that
up to $15 million from Dislocated Workers reserve funds is to be made
available annually to states that receive less funds under the WIA
adult formula than they would have received had the JTPA adult formula
been in effect. The amount of each eligible state's grant is based on
the difference between the WIA and JTPA adult formula allotments; funds
are available for grants for up to eight states with the largest
difference. The additional funding must be used for adult or dislocated
worker activities. In PY 2006, one state is eligible for these
additional funds, for a total of $130,477 (Attachment III).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of August 2006.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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