[Federal Register: May 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 89)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive
Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2007 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 eleven states are eligible to apply for
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.) incentive grant awards authorized by section 503 of the WIA.
DATES: The eleven eligible states must submit their applications for
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 25, 2009.
ADDRESSEE: 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 Gail Sather, Telephone number: 202-693-3995 (this is not a toll-
free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: staha.karen@dol.gov and
sather.gail@dol.gov. Information may also be found at the ETA
Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eleven (11) states (see Appendix) qualify to
receive a share of the $9.7 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, 2011, to support innovative workforce development and
education activities that are authorized under title IB (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 its performance levels for WIA title
IB and adult education (AEFLA). (Due to the lack of availability of PY
2007 performance data under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III), the Department of Labor
and the Department of Education did not consider states' performance
levels under Perkins in determining incentive grants eligibility.) The
goals included employment after training and related services,
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 for its program(s) which states exceeded
their performance levels (the Appendix at the bottom of this notice
lists the performance of each state by program). These lists were
compared, and states that exceeded their performance levels for both
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, based on
the provisions in WIA section 503(c) (20 U.S.C. 9273(c)), and is
proportional to the total funding received by these states for WIA
title IB and AEFLA programs.
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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Amount of
State award
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1. Florida................................................. $933,944
2. Illinois................................................ 1,000,916
3. Indiana................................................. 869,269
4. Iowa.................................................... 779,429
5. Kansas.................................................. 788,155
6. Kentucky................................................ 851,748
7. Minnesota............................................... 801,528
8. New York................................................ 1,099,410
9. North Carolina.......................................... 876,709
10. Ohio................................................... 998,255
11. South Dakota........................................... 761,088
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Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of May 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
Appendix
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Incentive grants PY 2007-FY 2008 exceeded state
performance levels
State -----------------------------------------------------------
AEFLA (Adult WIA Title IB;
WIA (Title IB) Education) AEFLA
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Alabama............................................. .................. X ..................
Alaska.............................................. .................. .................. ..................
Arizona............................................. X .................. ..................
Arkansas............................................ .................. .................. ..................
California.......................................... .................. .................. ..................
Colorado............................................ .................. .................. ..................
Connecticut......................................... .................. X ..................
District of Columbia................................ .................. .................. ..................
Delaware............................................ .................. X ..................
Florida............................................. X X X
Georgia............................................. X .................. ..................
Hawaii.............................................. X .................. ..................
Idaho............................................... X .................. ..................
Illinois............................................ X X X
Indiana............................................. X X X
Iowa................................................ X X X
Kansas.............................................. X X X
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Kentucky............................................ X X X
Louisiana........................................... .................. X ..................
Maine............................................... .................. X ..................
Maryland............................................ .................. X ..................
Massachusetts....................................... .................. X ..................
Michigan............................................ .................. X ..................
Minnesota........................................... X X X
Mississippi......................................... .................. .................. ..................
Missouri............................................ X .................. ..................
Montana............................................. .................. .................. ..................
Nebraska............................................ X .................. ..................
Nevada.............................................. .................. .................. ..................
New Hampshire....................................... .................. X ..................
New Jersey.......................................... .................. X ..................
New Mexico.......................................... .................. .................. ..................
New York............................................ X X X
North Carolina...................................... X X X
North Dakota........................................ .................. .................. ..................
Ohio................................................ X X X
Oklahoma............................................ X .................. ..................
Oregon.............................................. .................. X ..................
Pennsylvania........................................ .................. X ..................
Puerto Rico......................................... X .................. ..................
Rhode Island........................................ .................. X ..................
South Carolina...................................... .................. .................. ..................
South Dakota........................................ X X X
Tennessee........................................... .................. X ..................
Texas............................................... X .................. ..................
Utah................................................ .................. .................. ..................
Vermont............................................. .................. .................. ..................
Virginia............................................ .................. X ..................
Washington.......................................... .................. X ..................
West Virginia....................................... .................. X ..................
Wisconsin........................................... .................. X ..................
Wyoming............................................. X .................. ..................
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States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both AEFLA and WIA Title IB programs.
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