[Federal Register: April 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 80)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive
Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2006 Performance
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department
of Education, announces that eight states are eligible to apply for
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.) incentive awards authorized by section 503 of the WIA.
DATES: The eight eligible states must submit their applications for
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 9, 2008.
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: Karen Staha
and Traci DiMartini, Telephone number: 202-693-3698 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: staha.karen@dol.gov and
dimartini.traci@dol.gov. Information may also be found at the ETA
Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eight (8) states (see Appendix) qualify to
receive a share of the $9.9 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, are available for the eligible states to use
through June 30, 2010, 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 Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.,
as amended by Public Law 109-270. 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 career and technical education
(Perkins III) programs. The goals included placement after training,
retention in employment, and improvements 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 programs (the Appendix at the bottom of this notice details the
eligibility of each state by program). These lists of eligible states
were compared, and states that qualified under all three programs are
eligible to apply for and 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 in the following chart:
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State Amount of award
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1. Arizona........................................... $1,112,979
2. Connecticut....................................... 953,347
3. Illinois.......................................... 2,148,397
4. Missouri.......................................... 1,186,870
5. Montana........................................... 849,786
6. Ohio.............................................. 1,783,568
7. South Carolina.................................... 1,111,549
8. South Dakota...................................... 821,995
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Dated: April 17, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
Appendix
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Incentive grants PY 2006-07 exceeded state performance levels
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State Perkins III WIA title I;
WIA (title I) AEFLA (adult (vocational AEFLA; Perkins
education) education) Act
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Alabama..................................... ............... X ............... ...............
Alaska...................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Arizona..................................... X X X X
Arkansas.................................... X ............... X ...............
California.................................. ............... ............... ............... ...............
Colorado.................................... ............... X X ...............
Connecticut................................. X X X X
District of Columbia........................ X X ............... ...............
Delaware.................................... ............... X X ...............
Florida..................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Georgia..................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Hawaii...................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Idaho....................................... X ............... X ...............
Illinois.................................... X X X X
Indiana..................................... ............... X X ...............
Iowa........................................ X X ............... ...............
Kansas...................................... ............... X X ...............
Kentucky.................................... X ............... X ...............
Louisiana................................... ............... X X ...............
Maine....................................... ............... X X ...............
Maryland.................................... ............... X ............... ...............
Massachusetts............................... ............... X X ...............
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Michigan.................................... X ............... ............... ...............
Minnesota................................... X X ............... ...............
Mississippi................................. ............... X X ...............
Missouri.................................... X X X X
Montana..................................... X X X X
Nebraska.................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Nevada...................................... ............... X X ...............
New Hampshire............................... ............... X ............... ...............
New Jersey.................................. ............... X X ...............
New Mexico.................................. ............... ............... X ...............
New York.................................... ............... X ............... ...............
North Carolina.............................. ............... ............... X ...............
North Dakota................................ ............... X ............... ...............
Ohio........................................ X X X X
Oklahoma.................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Oregon...................................... ............... X X ...............
Pennsylvania................................ ............... ............... X ...............
Puerto Rico................................. X ............... ............... ...............
Rhode Island................................ ............... ............... ............... ...............
South Carolina.............................. X X X X
South Dakota................................ X X X X
Tennessee................................... ............... X X ...............
Texas....................................... ............... X X ...............
Utah........................................ X ............... X ...............
Vermont..................................... ............... ............... X ...............
Virginia.................................... ............... X X ...............
Washington.................................. X X ............... ...............
West Virginia............................... ............... X X ...............
Wisconsin................................... ............... X X ...............
Wyoming..................................... ............... ............... X ...............
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States in bold exceeded their performance levels for all three programs.
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