Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2014 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allotments; PY 2014 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2014 Workforce Information Grants

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2014 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allotments; PY 2014 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2014 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2014 for WIA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2014 and Workforce Information Grants allotments for PY 2014.

WIA allotments for States and the State final allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act are based on formulas defined in their respective statutes. The WIA allotments for the outlying areas are based on a formula determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). As required by WIA section 182(d), on February 17, 2000, a notice of the discretionary formula for allocating PY 2000 funds for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Palau, and the Virgin Islands) was published in the

Federal Register

at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000,) which included both the rationale for the formula and methodology. The formula that the Department of Labor (Department) developed for PY 2014 is the same formula as used for PY 2000 and is

described in the section on Youth Activities program allotments. Comments are invited on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas.

DATES:

Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas must be received by May 12, 2014.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Financial Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-4702, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Ms. Anita Harvey, email:

harvey.anita@dol.gov

.

Commenters are advised that mail delivery in the Washington area may be delayed due to security concerns. Hand-delivered comments will be received at the above address. All overnight mail will be considered to be hand-delivered and must be received at the designated place by the date specified above.

Please submit your comments by only one method. The Department will not review comments received by means other than those listed above or that are received after the comment period has closed.

Comments:

The Department will retain all comments on this notice and will release them upon request via email to any member of the public. The Department also will make all the comments it receives available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the above address. If you need assistance to review the comments, the Department will provide you with appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. The Department will make copies of this notice available, upon request, in large print, Braille and electronic file. The Department also will consider providing the notice in other formats upon request. To schedule an appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the notice in an alternative format, contact Ms. Harvey using the information provided above. The Department will retain all comments received without making any changes to the comments, including any personal information provided. The Department therefore cautions commenters not to include their personal information such as Social Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses in their comments; this information would be released with the comment if the comments are requested. It is the commenter's responsibility to safeguard his or her information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

WIA Youth Activities allotments—Evan Rosenberg at (202) 693-3593 or LaSharn Youngblood at (202) 693-3606; WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities and ES final allotments—Robert Kight at (202) 693-3937; Workforce Information Grant allotments—Anthony Dais at (202) 693-2784. 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:

The Department is announcing WIA allotments for PY 2014 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2014 final allotments, and PY 2014 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2014 to States with an approved WIA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2014, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.

On January 17, 2014, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, Pub. L. 113-76 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division H, Title I, Section 108 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.5 percent of most operating funds. The evaluation provision is consistent with the Federal government's priority on evidence-based policy and programming and provides important opportunities to expand evaluations and demonstrations in the Department to build solid evidence about what works best. In the past, funds for ETA evaluations and demonstrations were separately appropriated and managed by ETA. This year, that separate authority has been replaced by the set aside provision. Funds are transferred to the Department's Chief Evaluation Office to implement formal evaluations and demonstrations in collaboration with ETA. For 2014, the Secretary has set aside .25 percent of the WIA Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker program budgets for evaluation. The funding available to the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service and Workforce Information Grant programs was not reduced.

We also have attached tables listing the PY 2014 allotments for programs under WIA Title I Youth Activities (Table A), Adult and Dislocated Workers Employment and Training Activities (Tables B and C, respectively), and the PY 2014 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2014 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2014 for WIA Youth Activities totals $820,430,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,261,000 for evaluations, $818,169,000 is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2014 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2013 Youth Activities allotments for all States, and outlying areas. Before determining the amount available for States, the total funding available for the outlying areas was reserved at 0.25 percent of the amount appropriated for Youth Activities (after the evaluations set aside). On December 17, 2003, Public Law 108-188, the

Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (“the Compact”),

was signed into law. The Compact provided for consolidation of WIA Title I funding, for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia into supplemental grants provided from the Department of Education's appropriation. See 48 U.S.C. 1921 d (f)(1)(B)(iii). The Compact also specified that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Division H, Title III, Section 306 of Pub. L. 113-76) authorized WIA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2014.

Under WIA, the Secretary has discretion for determining the methodology for distributing funds to all outlying areas. The Department used the same methodology since PY 2000 (i.e., we distribute funds among the remaining areas by formula based on relative share of number of unemployed, a 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year share, a $75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain for the state for the previous year). For the relative share calculation in PY 2014, the Department continued to use the data obtained from the 2010 Census for American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, and Virgin Islands. For Palau, the Department continued to use data from Palau's 2005 Census.

For the Native American Youth program, the total amount available is 1.5 percent of the total amount for Youth Activities (after the evaluations set aside), in accordance with WIA section 127. After the Department calculated the amount for the outlying areas and Native Americans, we determined that the amount available for PY 2014 allotments to the States is $803,851,042. This total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIA section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, as in PY 2013, the Department did not apply the WIA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIA, the

Department used the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), section 262(a)(3) (as amended by section 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367) minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor. WIA also provides that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage for the State for the previous year. The three data factors required by WIA for the PY 2014 Youth Activities State formula allotments are:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2012-June 2013;

(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess (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 in the workforce and military) from special tabulations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the Department obtained from the Bureau in 2012. The Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for economically disadvantaged Youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.

Beginning this year, for purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-State Youth Activities allocation formula, States should use the data made available by BLS (as described in LAUS Technical Memorandum No. S-13-17). For purposes of determining the number of economically disadvantaged Youth for the statutory within-state allocation formula, States should continue to use the special tabulations of ACS data made available to them in 2013 and available at

http://www.doleta.gov/budget/disadvantagedYouthAdults.cfm.

See TEGL No. 21-12 for further information.

Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments.

The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2014 is $766,080,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,111,000 for evaluations, $763,969,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $762,059,077 is for States and $1,909,923 is for outlying areas. Table B shows the PY 2014 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2014 allotments to PY 2013 revised allotments (after removing the sequestration applicable to the FY 2013 advance).

Like the Youth Activities program, the Department reserved the total available for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of the full amount appropriated for Adult Activities (after the evaluations set aside). As discussed in the Youth Activities section above, WIA funding for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia is no longer provided; instead, funding is provided for these territories in the Department of Education's appropriation.

The Department distributed the Adult Activities funding for the remaining outlying areas (for which the distribution methodology is at the Secretary's discretion), using the same principles, formula and data as used for outlying areas for Youth Activities. After determining the amount for the outlying areas, the Department used the statutory formula to distribute the remaining amount available for allotments to the States. The Department did not apply the WIA minimum provisions for the PY 2014 allotments because the total amount available for the States was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIA section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIA, the Department calculated minimum allotments using the JTPA section 202(b)(2) (as amended by section 202 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. WIA also provides that no State may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage for the State for the previous year. The three formula data factors for the Adult Activities program are the same as those used for the Youth Activities formula, except the Department used data for the number of economically disadvantaged Adults (age 18 to 72, excluding college students in the workforce and military).

As noted above, updated data for within-state ASU calculations is available from BLS, and States should continue to use the economically disadvantaged Adults data made available to States by the Department in 2013.

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments.

The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2014 totals $1,222,457,000. The total appropriation includes formula funds for the States, while the National Reserve is used for National Emergency Grants, technical assistance and training, demonstration projects, and the outlying areas' Dislocated Worker allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $3,370,000 for evaluations, a total of $1,219,087,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for outlying areas is $3,047,718, leaving $217,201,282 for the National Reserve and a total of $998,838,000 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2014 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a by State comparison of the PY 2014 allotments to PY 2013 revised allotments (after removing the sequestration applicable to the FY 2013 advance).

Like the Youth and Adult Activities programs, the Department reserved the total available for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of the full amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker Activities (after the evaluations set aside). WIA funding for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia is no longer provided, as discussed above. The Department distributed the Dislocated Worker Activities funds for grants to the remaining outlying areas, over which the Secretary maintains discretion for choosing the distribution methodology, using the same

pro rata

share as the areas received for the PY 2014 WIA Adult Activities program, the same methodology used in PY 2013.

The three data factors required in WIA for the PY 2014 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2012-September 2013;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2012-September 2013; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2012-September 2013.

Since the Dislocated Worker Activities formula has no floor amount or hold-harmless provisions, funding changes for States directly reflect the impact of changes in unemployment related data listed above.

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2014 for ES grants totals $664,184,000. After determining the funding for outlying areas, the Department calculated allotments to States using the formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e). The Department based PY 2014 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2013 monthly averages of the civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment. Section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act requires the Secretary to set aside up to three percent of the total funds available for ES to ensure that each State will have sufficient resources to maintain statewide ES activities. In accordance

with this provision, the Department included the three percent set-aside funds in this total allotment. The Department distributed the set-aside funds in two steps to States that have experienced a reduction in their relative share of the total resources available this year from their relative share of the total resources available the previous year. In Step 1, States that have a CLF below one million and are also below the median CLF density were maintained at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year resources. ETA calculated the median CLF density based on CLF data provided by BLS for calendar year 2013. All remaining set-aside funds were distributed on a

pro-rata

basis in Step 2 to all other States experiencing reductions in relative share from the prior year but not meeting the size and density criteria for Step 1. The distribution of ES funds (Table D) includes $662,564,950 for States, as well as $1,619,050 for outlying areas.

Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State must be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for ES offices, services for groups with special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.

Workforce Information Grants Allotments.

Total PY 2014 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. The allotment figures for each State are listed in Table E. Funds are distributed by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,800 for Guam and the Virgin Islands. Guam and the Virgin Islands allotment amounts are partially based on CLF data, which the Department updated last year with data from the 2010 Census. The Department distributes the remaining funds to the States with 40 percent distributed equally to all States and 60 percent distributed based on each State's share of CLF for the 12 months ending September 2013.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIA Youth Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2014 vs PY 2013

State

PY 2013

PY 2014

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$781,375,289

$820,430,000

$39,054,711

5.00

Total (WIA Youth Activities)

781,375,289

818,169,000

36,793,711

4.71

Alabama

10,504,766

10,363,134

(141,632)

−1.35

Alaska

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

Arizona

15,938,449

16,873,353

934,904

5.87

Arkansas

6,367,716

6,814,031

446,315

7.01

California

118,211,133

119,122,833

911,700

0.77

Colorado

11,600,883

12,414,406

813,523

7.01

Connecticut

8,152,502

9,398,657

1,246,155

15.29

Delaware

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

District of Columbia

2,074,840

2,216,117

141,277

6.81

Florida

47,791,321

45,067,004

(2,724,317)

−5.70

Georgia

25,123,453

27,467,948

2,344,495

9.33

Hawaii

2,174,842

2,049,527

(125,315)

−5.76

Idaho

3,623,538

3,414,748

(208,790)

−5.76

Illinois

33,775,763

38,093,547

4,317,784

12.78

Indiana

15,696,820

17,756,443

2,059,623

13.12

Iowa

4,671,103

4,739,579

68,476

1.47

Kansas

5,304,061

5,398,508

94,447

1.78

Kentucky

11,299,654

12,118,913

819,259

7.25

Louisiana

9,733,043

9,327,194

(405,849)

−4.17

Maine

2,888,765

3,244,888

356,123

12.33

Maryland

10,289,216

11,989,592

1,700,376

16.53

Massachusetts

12,803,985

14,507,221

1,703,236

13.30

Michigan

31,911,591

30,072,831

(1,838,760)

−5.76

Minnesota

9,841,004

9,947,978

106,974

1.09

Mississippi

8,556,357

9,200,818

644,461

7.53

Missouri

13,072,955

12,877,148

(195,807)

−1.50

Montana

2,105,266

2,152,132

46,866

2.23

Nebraska

2,157,402

2,394,620

237,218

11.00

Nevada

9,407,590

8,865,521

(542,069)

−5.76

New Hampshire

1,919,253

2,200,035

280,782

14.63

New Jersey

21,422,496

25,513,414

4,090,918

19.10

New Mexico

4,195,688

4,625,925

430,237

10.25

New York

46,093,646

52,011,703

5,918,057

12.84

North Carolina

26,575,543

28,871,997

2,296,454

8.64

North Dakota

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

Ohio

25,942,472

26,270,342

327,870

1.26

Oklahoma

5,982,158

6,258,954

276,796

4.63

Oregon

9,901,654

10,543,691

642,037

6.48

Pennsylvania

27,854,861

33,509,103

5,654,242

20.30

Puerto Rico

18,321,559

17,265,863

(1,055,696)

−5.76

Rhode Island

3,676,868

3,743,023

66,155

1.80

South Carolina

12,151,961

12,574,365

422,404

3.48

South Dakota

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

Tennessee

15,045,025

16,496,140

1,451,115

9.65

Texas

52,525,623

52,492,802

(32,821)

−0.06

Utah

4,562,251

4,304,671

(257,580)

−5.65

Vermont

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

Virginia

12,509,940

13,392,465

882,525

7.05

Washington

16,388,794

16,309,501

(79,293)

−0.48

West Virginia

3,904,748

3,957,765

53,017

1.36

Wisconsin

12,133,146

13,562,824

1,429,678

11.78

Wyoming

1,919,253

2,009,628

90,375

4.71

State Total

767,701,222

803,851,042

36,149,820

4.71

American Samoa

144,308

196,434

52,126

36.12

Guam

813,205

766,348

(46,857)

−5.76

Northern Marianas

367,640

402,258

34,618

9.42

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

553,285

605,383

52,098

9.42

Outlying Areas Total

1,953,438

2,045,423

91,985

4.71

Native Americans

11,720,629

12,272,535

551,906

4.71

Evaluations set aside

0

2,261,000

2,261,000

N/A

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIA Adult Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2014 vs PY 2013

State

Revised *

PY 2013

PY 2014

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$730,624,342

$766,080,000

$35,455,658

4.85

Total (WIA Adult Activities)

730,624,342

763,969,000

33,344,658

4.56

Alabama

10,224,272

10,127,957

(96,315)

−0.94

Alaska

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

Arizona

15,043,959

15,910,029

866,070

5.76

Arkansas

6,105,212

6,508,494

403,282

6.61

California

113,293,307

114,152,207

858,900

0.76

Colorado

10,810,310

11,534,090

723,780

6.70

Connecticut

7,481,120

8,642,428

1,161,308

15.52

Delaware

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

District of Columbia

1,887,427

2,014,101

126,674

6.71

Florida

47,321,672

44,979,171

(2,342,501)

−4.95

Georgia

24,219,435

26,369,329

2,149,894

8.88

Hawaii

2,273,535

2,137,808

(135,727)

−5.97

Idaho

3,369,813

3,171,735

(198,078)

−5.88

Illinois

31,821,102

35,721,028

3,899,926

12.26

Indiana

14,353,354

16,187,078

1,833,724

12.78

Iowa

3,365,888

3,371,916

6,028

0.18

Kansas

4,489,407

4,537,758

48,351

1.08

Kentucky

11,578,115

12,441,851

863,736

7.46

Louisiana

8,995,996

8,947,905

(48,091)

−0.53

Maine

2,634,399

2,958,900

324,501

12.32

Maryland

9,540,964

11,120,651

1,579,687

16.56

Massachusetts

11,472,764

12,850,371

1,377,607

12.01

Michigan

29,714,174

28,122,010

(1,592,164)

−5.36

Minnesota

8,455,689

8,509,251

53,562

0.63

Mississippi

8,167,224

8,783,758

616,534

7.55

Missouri

12,131,912

11,979,012

(152,900)

−1.26

Montana

1,993,575

2,047,975

54,400

2.73

Nebraska

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

Nevada

9,193,672

8,620,844

(572,828)

−6.23

New Hampshire

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

New Jersey

20,840,954

24,644,654

3,803,700

18.25

New Mexico

4,018,529

4,457,154

438,625

10.92

New York

44,780,964

50,339,040

5,558,076

12.41

North Carolina

25,631,261

27,573,758

1,942,497

7.58

North Dakota

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

Ohio

24,002,258

24,343,116

340,858

1.42

Oklahoma

5,774,583

6,047,269

272,686

4.72

Oregon

9,495,475

10,108,074

612,599

6.45

Pennsylvania

25,383,125

30,619,150

5,236,025

20.63

Puerto Rico

19,382,789

18,344,208

(1,038,581)

−5.36

Rhode Island

3,196,831

3,230,712

33,881

1.06

South Carolina

11,746,745

12,134,396

387,651

3.30

South Dakota

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

Tennessee

14,703,940

16,085,971

1,382,031

9.40

Texas

50,144,787

50,065,195

(79,592)

−0.16

Utah

3,725,596

3,614,740

(110,856)

−2.98

Vermont

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

Virginia

11,647,116

12,445,438

798,322

6.85

Washington

15,347,510

15,226,047

(121,463)

−0.79

West Virginia

3,961,524

4,028,840

67,316

1.70

Wisconsin

10,499,538

11,762,474

1,262,936

12.03

Wyoming

1,821,995

1,905,148

83,153

4.56

State Total

728,797,782

762,059,077

33,261,295

4.56

American Samoa

136,159

182,941

46,782

34.36

Guam

754,111

713,704

(40,407)

−5.36

Northern Marianas

345,847

374,568

28,721

8.30

Palau

71,388

75,000

3,612

5.06

Virgin Islands

519,055

563,710

44,655

8.60

Outlying Areas Total

1,826,560

1,909,923

83,363

4.56

Evaluations set aside

0

2,111,000

2,111,000

N/A

* The revised PY 2013 allotments are the actual amounts the Department obligated to states for PY 2013 and include the reductions associated with sequestration on the FY 2013 advance (part of the PY 2012 allotments).

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2014 vs PY 2013

State

Revised *

PY 2013

PY 2014

Difference

%

Difference

Total with Evaluations

$1,179,657,807

$1,222,457,000

$42,799,193

3.63

Total (WIA Dislocated Worker Activities)

1,179,657,807

1,219,087,000

39,429,193

3.34

Alabama

12,455,814

11,599,476

(856,338)

−6.88

Alaska

1,702,318

1,633,027

(69,291)

−4.07

Arizona

18,333,183

20,193,454

1,860,271

10.15

Arkansas

6,881,074

7,814,651

933,577

13.57

California

162,982,853

157,376,202

(5,606,651)

−3.44

Colorado

15,672,487

15,822,647

150,160

0.96

Connecticut

11,913,095

13,243,210

1,330,115

11.17

Delaware

2,136,390

2,613,882

477,492

22.35

District of Columbia

2,733,764

2,998,287

264,523

9.68

Florida

67,109,375

60,315,153

(6,794,222)

−10.12

Georgia

33,902,103

36,939,150

3,037,047

8.96

Hawaii

2,658,487

1,852,830

(805,657)

−30.31

Idaho

4,113,487

3,461,421

(652,066)

−15.85

Illinois

47,415,147

54,907,799

7,492,652

15.80

Indiana

19,210,950

22,303,621

3,092,671

16.10

Iowa

4,479,610

4,164,521

(315,089)

−7.03

Kansas

5,244,331

5,471,022

226,691

4.32

Kentucky

12,670,474

14,256,130

1,585,656

12.51

Louisiana

10,343,401

10,286,901

(56,500)

−0.55

Maine

3,558,306

3,807,546

249,240

7.00

Maryland

14,160,334

16,637,979

2,477,645

17.50

Massachusetts

14,686,948

18,899,549

4,212,601

28.68

Michigan

31,831,964

36,932,673

5,100,709

16.02

Minnesota

9,577,081

9,452,346

(124,735)

−1.30

Mississippi

9,722,013

10,617,327

895,314

9.21

Missouri

14,872,573

16,292,492

1,419,919

9.55

Montana

1,820,084

1,659,822

(160,262)

−8.81

Nebraska

1,779,828

2,044,195

264,367

14.85

Nevada

13,990,600

12,539,486

(1,451,114)

−10.37

New Hampshire

2,192,012

2,525,768

333,756

15.23

New Jersey

34,280,662

38,580,867

4,300,205

12.54

New Mexico

4,387,085

5,180,570

793,485

18.09

New York

64,292,997

67,330,827

3,037,830

4.72

North Carolina

36,354,385

38,671,061

2,316,676

6.37

North Dakota

466,156

549,747

83,591

17.93

Ohio

29,848,097

32,568,365

2,720,268

9.11

Oklahoma

5,230,860

5,417,077

186,217

3.56

Oregon

12,544,754

13,140,217

595,463

4.75

Pennsylvania

35,257,512

43,100,393

7,842,881

22.24

Puerto Rico

13,657,789

14,743,999

1,086,210

7.95

Rhode Island

5,071,296

4,852,880

(218,416)

−4.31

South Carolina

15,453,121

15,546,400

93,279

0.60

South Dakota

717,751

800,633

82,882

11.55

Tennessee

18,116,992

20,840,426

2,723,434

15.03

Texas

58,272,349

57,992,167

(280,182)

−0.48

Utah

4,299,449

3,786,657

(512,792)

−11.93

Vermont

864,140

779,524

(84,616)

−9.79

Virginia

15,640,645

15,956,793

316,148

2.02

Washington

21,476,440

19,149,875

(2,326,565)

−10.83

West Virginia

3,992,664

4,272,884

280,220

7.02

Wisconsin

14,349,020

16,187,134

1,838,114

12.81

Wyoming

867,129

726,937

(140,192)

−16.17

State Total

955,591,379

998,838,000

43,246,621

4.53

American Samoa

225,553

291,924

66,371

29.43

Guam

1,271,032

1,138,877

(132,155)

−10.40

Northern Marianas

576,868

597,709

20,841

3.61

Palau

119,619

119,680

61

0.05

Virgin Islands

868,163

899,528

31,365

3.61

Outlying Areas Total

3,061,235

3,047,718

(13,517)

−0.44

National Reserve

221,005,193

217,201,282

(3,803,911)

−1.72

Evaluations set aside

0

3,370,000

3,370,000

N/A

* The revised PY 2013 allotments are the actual amounts the Department obligated to states for PY 2013 and include the reductions associated with sequestration on the FY 2013 advance (part of the PY 2012 allotments).

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY 2014 vs PY 2013 Final Allotments

State

Final PY 2013

Final PY 2014

Difference

% Difference

Total

$664,183,664

$664,184,000

$336

0.00

Alabama

8,569,344

8,502,449

(66,895)

−0.78

Alaska

7,219,993

7,219,997

4

0.00

Arizona

12,527,937

12,467,698

(60,239)

−0.48

Arkansas

5,322,835

5,307,726

(15,109)

−0.28

California

79,878,737

79,586,271

(292,466)

−0.37

Colorado

10,701,027

10,685,065

(15,962)

−0.15

Connecticut

7,579,931

7,561,842

(18,089)

−0.24

Delaware

1,855,181

1,855,182

1

0.00

District of Columbia

2,168,988

2,123,634

(45,354)

−2.09

Florida

38,965,509

38,551,390

(414,119)

−1.06

Georgia

19,478,108

19,608,469

130,361

0.67

Hawaii

2,343,342

2,327,227

(16,115)

−0.69

Idaho

6,015,540

6,015,543

3

0.00

Illinois

27,258,028

27,868,035

610,007

2.24

Indiana

12,822,043

12,821,228

(815)

−0.01

Iowa

6,011,854

5,964,574

(47,280)

−0.79

Kansas

5,554,935

5,526,029

(28,906)

−0.52

Kentucky

8,512,743

8,506,643

(6,100)

−0.07

Louisiana

8,134,111

8,094,739

(39,372)

−0.48

Maine

3,577,384

3,577,386

2

0.00

Maryland

11,522,943

11,906,489

383,546

3.33

Massachusetts

13,248,486

13,409,175

160,689

1.21

Michigan

21,625,084

21,291,774

(333,310)

−1.54

Minnesota

11,084,590

10,993,540

(91,050)

−0.82

Mississippi

5,719,384

5,674,402

(44,982)

−0.79

Missouri

11,976,795

11,888,860

(87,935)

−0.73

Montana

4,915,929

4,915,931

2

0.00

Nebraska

5,725,191

5,605,477

(119,714)

−2.09

Nevada

6,161,654

6,117,652

(44,002)

−0.71

New Hampshire

2,642,832

2,650,012

7,180

0.27

New Jersey

19,163,183

19,124,756

(38,427)

−0.20

New Mexico

5,516,538

5,516,541

3

0.00

New York

38,535,164

38,504,428

(30,736)

−0.08

North Carolina

19,585,198

19,555,320

(29,878)

−0.15

North Dakota

5,005,887

5,005,890

3

0.00

Ohio

23,954,983

23,710,251

(244,732)

−1.02

Oklahoma

6,384,955

6,461,834

76,879

1.20

Oregon

8,218,324

8,138,876

(79,448)

−0.97

Pennsylvania

25,228,309

25,781,009

552,700

2.19

Puerto Rico

7,059,087

6,911,482

(147,605)

−2.09

Rhode Island

2,471,893

2,453,424

(18,469)

−0.75

South Carolina

9,156,659

9,079,879

(76,780)

−0.84

South Dakota

4,626,591

4,626,593

2

0.00

Tennessee

12,520,213

12,636,661

116,448

0.93

Texas

47,277,917

47,954,459

676,542

1.43

Utah

6,532,457

6,395,863

(136,594)

−2.09

Vermont

2,167,358

2,167,359

1

0.00

Virginia

15,425,187

15,390,720

(34,467)

−0.22

Washington

13,893,830

13,819,721

(74,109)

−0.53

West Virginia

5,295,589

5,295,592

3

0.00

Wisconsin

11,835,302

11,820,318

(14,984)

−0.13

Wyoming

3,589,533

3,589,535

2

0.00

State Total

662,564,615

662,564,950

335

0.00

Guam

310,787

310,787

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

1,308,262

1,308,263

1

0.00

Outlying Areas Total

1,619,049

1,619,050

1

0.00

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States PY 2014 vs PY 2013 Allotments

State

PY 2013

PY 2014

Difference

% Difference

Total

$31,939,520

$32,000,000

$60,480

0.19

Alabama

507,498

507,835

337

0.07

Alaska

289,152

289,243

91

0.03

Arizona

611,887

612,836

949

0.16

Arkansas

413,051

407,384

(5,667)

−1.37

California

2,494,284

2,512,037

17,753

0.71

Colorado

577,616

581,206

3,590

0.62

Connecticut

477,665

471,257

(6,408)

−1.34

Delaware

298,044

298,885

841

0.28

District of Columbia

287,102

289,809

2,707

0.94

Florida

1,377,539

1,391,578

14,039

1.02

Georgia

824,786

831,404

6,618

0.80

Hawaii

324,046

323,731

(315)

−0.10

Idaho

339,198

339,000

(198)

−0.06

Illinois

1,048,080

1,046,809

(1,271)

−0.12

Indiana

633,362

629,369

(3,993)

−0.63

Iowa

446,571

445,306

(1,265)

−0.28

Kansas

427,285

426,480

(805)

−0.19

Kentucky

496,768

498,878

2,110

0.42

Louisiana

496,842

499,691

2,849

0.57

Maine

330,683

331,051

368

0.11

Maryland

620,509

626,679

6,170

0.99

Massachusetts

666,310

669,155

2,845

0.43

Michigan

812,448

815,743

3,295

0.41

Minnesota

607,376

607,750

374

0.06

Mississippi

407,924

405,143

(2,781)

−0.68

Missouri

612,833

610,737

(2,096)

−0.34

Montana

306,346

306,821

475

0.16

Nebraska

368,239

370,589

2,350

0.64

Nevada

411,657

411,954

297

0.07

New Hampshire

334,747

335,427

680

0.20

New Jersey

803,433

807,150

3,717

0.46

New Mexico

357,589

358,969

1,380

0.39

New York

1,408,967

1,414,730

5,763

0.41

North Carolina

814,453

820,492

6,039

0.74

North Dakota

291,774

293,355

1,581

0.54

Ohio

950,865

944,285

(6,580)

−0.69

Oklahoma

463,255

465,806

2,551

0.55

Oregon

486,746

480,795

(5,951)

−1.22

Pennsylvania

1,030,074

1,039,220

9,146

0.89

Puerto Rico

400,028

389,936

(10,092)

−2.52

Rhode Island

312,502

312,805

303

0.10

South Carolina

506,743

509,004

2,261

0.45

South Dakota

298,818

299,407

589

0.20

Tennessee

624,764

624,985

221

0.04

Texas

1,778,866

1,796,213

17,347

0.98

Utah

408,422

413,138

4,716

1.15

Vermont

288,122

287,830

(292)

−0.10

Virginia

773,526

759,585

(13,941)

−1.80

Washington

671,854

668,760

(3,094)

−0.46

West Virginia

342,244

342,636

392

0.11

Wisconsin

618,228

618,083

(145)

−0.02

Wyoming

281,744

282,229

485

0.17

State Total

31,762,865

31,823,200

60,335

0.19

Guam

93,009

93,090

81

0.09

Virgin Islands

83,646

83,710

64

0.08

Outlying Areas Total

176,655

176,800

145

0.08

Signed: at Washington, DC, on this 3rd day of April 2014.

Eric M. Seleznow,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

[FR Doc. 2014-08166 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]

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