Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2015 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2015 Workforce Information Grants.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2015 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2015 Workforce Information Grants.

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2015 for WIOA Title

I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2015 and Workforce Information Grants allotments for PY 2015.

WIOA allotments for States and the State final allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act are based on formulas defined in their respective statutes. WIOA requires allotments for the outlying areas to be competitively based rather than based on a formula determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). For PY 2015, the Secretary is using the transitional authority provided by WIOA in Section 503(b) to use the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2015 funds for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Palau, and the Virgin Islands) that was published in the

Federal Register

at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). The formula that the Department of Labor (Department) used for PY 2015 is the same formula used in PY 2014 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. The Department will implement a competitive grant process for funding the outlying areas in PY 2016.

DATES:

Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas must be received by June 3, 2015.

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:

WIOA Youth Activities allotments—Evan Rosenberg at (202) 693-3593 or LaSharn Youngblood at (202) 693-3606; WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities and ES final allotments—Robert Kight at (202) 693-3937; Workforce Information Grant allotments—Kim Vitelli at (202) 693-3639. 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 WIOA allotments for PY 2015 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2015 final allotments, and PY 2015 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2015 to States with an approved WIA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2015, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.

On December 16, 2014, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division G, Title I, Section 107 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 2015, the Secretary set aside .25 percent of the TES and SUIESO appropriations. ETA spread the amount to be set aside for each appropriation among the programs funded by that appropriation with more than $100 million in funding. This includes WIOA Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program budgets.

We also have attached tables listing the PY 2015 allotments for programs under WIOA Title I Youth Activities (Table A), Adult and Dislocated Workers Employment and Training Activities (Tables B and C, respectively), and the PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2015 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2015 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $831,842,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,295,000 for evaluations, $829,547,000 is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2015 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2014 Youth Activities allotments for all States, and outlying areas. 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 WIOA section 127. 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) minus the amount reserved for Native American Youth (in accordance with WIOA section 127(b)(1)(B)(i)). 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). WIOA section 512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer to WIOA funding. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Division F, Title III, Section 306 of Pub. L. 113-235) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2015.

Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the methodology for distributing funds to all outlying areas. Under WIOA the Secretary must disseminate the funds through a competitive process. Using the transition authority provided in WIOA Section 503(b), ETA will delay implementation of a competitive grant process for outlying areas until PY 2016. For PY 2015, the Department used the same methodology used since PY 2000 (

i.e.,

we distribute funds among the outlying 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 2015, 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.

After the Department calculated the amount for the outlying areas and Native Americans, we determined that the amount available for PY 2015 allotments to the States is $815,061,036. This total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIOA section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply the WIOA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, 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. WIOA 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 WIOA for the PY 2015 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 2013-June 2014;

(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.

For purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-State Youth Activities allocation formula, States should continue to use the data made available by BLS (as described in LAUS Technical Memorandum No. S-14-22). 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 2015 is $776,736,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,143,000 for evaluations, $774,593,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $772,656,517 is for States and $1,936,483 is for outlying areas. Table B shows the PY 2015 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 allotments.

In accordance with WIOA, 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, in PY 2015 the Department will distribute the Adult Activities funding for the outlying areas, 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 WIOA minimum provisions for the PY 2015 allotments because the total amount available for the States was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIOA section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIOA, 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. WIOA 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 2015 totals $1,236,389,000. The total appropriation includes formula funds for the States, while the National Reserve is used for National Dislocated Worker Grants, technical assistance and training, demonstration projects, and the outlying areas' Dislocated Worker allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $3,411,000 for evaluations, a total of $1,232,978,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for outlying areas is $3,082,445, leaving $217,167,555 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,012,728,000 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2015 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a by State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 allotments.

Like the Adult Activities program, 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). As with the Youth and Adult funds, the Department will not distribute the Dislocated Worker Activities funds for grants to the outlying areas by competitive grant until PY 2016. In PY 2015 the Department will use the same

pro rata

share as the areas received for the PY 2015 WIOA Adult Activities program, the same methodology used in PY 2014.

The three data factors required in WIOA for the PY 2015 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014.

Since the Dislocated Worker Activities formula has no floor amount or hold-harmless provisions until PY 2016, 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 2015 for ES grants totals $664,184,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $1,784,000 for evaluations, a total of $662,400,000 remains available for ES programs. 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 2015 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2014 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 2014. 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 $660,785,299 for States, as well as $1,614,701 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 2015 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. 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 2014.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 vs PY 2014

State

PY 2014

PY 2015

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$820,430,000

$831,842,000

$11,412,000

1.39

Total (WIOA Youth Activities)

$818,169,000

$829,547,000

$11,378,000

1.39

Alabama

10,363,134

10,973,635

610,501

5.89

Alaska

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

Arizona

16,873,353

18,380,399

1,507,046

8.93

Arkansas

6,814,031

7,694,400

880,369

12.92

California

119,122,833

120,707,084

1,584,251

1.33

Colorado

12,414,406

11,835,030

(579,376)

−4.67

Connecticut

9,398,657

9,634,681

236,024

2.51

Delaware

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

District of Columbia

2,216,117

2,329,955

113,838

5.14

Florida

45,067,004

42,774,978

(2,292,026)

−5.09

Georgia

27,467,948

27,630,735

162,787

0.59

Hawaii

2,049,527

2,037,653

(11,874)

−0.58

Idaho

3,414,748

3,116,131

(298,617)

−8.74

Illinois

38,093,547

42,336,174

4,242,627

11.14

Indiana

17,756,443

16,203,657

(1,552,786)

-8.74

Iowa

4,739,579

4,781,261

41,682

0.88

Kansas

5,398,508

5,370,179

(28,329)

−0.52

Kentucky

12,118,913

13,717,594

1,598,681

13.19

Louisiana

9,327,194

9,194,017

(133,177)

−1.43

Maine

3,244,888

3,214,985

(29,903)

−0.92

Maryland

11,989,592

12,364,002

374,410

3.12

Massachusetts

14,507,221

16,504,685

1,997,464

13.77

Michigan

30,072,831

31,250,104

1,177,273

3.91

Minnesota

9,947,978

9,078,036

(869,942)

−8.74

Mississippi

9,200,818

9,151,084

(49,734)

−0.54

Missouri

12,877,148

14,228,439

1,351,291

10.49

Montana

2,152,132

2,152,782

650

0.03

Nebraska

2,394,620

2,425,096

30,476

1.27

Nevada

8,865,521

9,034,617

169,096

1.91

New Hampshire

2,200,035

2,037,653

(162,382)

−7.38

New Jersey

25,513,414

23,282,287

(2,231,127)

−8.74

New Mexico

4,625,925

5,249,778

623,853

13.49

New York

52,011,703

52,128,262

116,559

0.22

North Carolina

28,871,997

26,347,165

(2,524,832)

−8.74

North Dakota

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

Ohio

26,270,342

28,593,170

2,322,828

8.84

Oklahoma

6,258,954

6,941,080

682,126

10.90

Oregon

10,543,691

10,431,168

(112,523)

−1.07

Pennsylvania

33,509,103

30,984,178

(2,524,925)

−7.54

Puerto Rico

17,265,863

19,489,676

2,223,813

12.88

Rhode Island

3,743,023

4,106,989

363,966

9.72

South Carolina

12,574,365

11,474,747

(1,099,618)

−8.74

South Dakota

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

Tennessee

16,496,140

17,503,627

1,007,487

6.11

Texas

52,492,802

54,914,867

2,422,065

4.61

Utah

4,304,671

3,928,231

(376,440)

−8.74

Vermont

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

Virginia

13,392,465

13,325,559

(66,906)

−0.50

Washington

16,309,501

15,945,865

(363,636)

−2.23

West Virginia

3,957,765

3,987,564

29,799

0.75

Wisconsin

13,562,824

14,041,859

479,035

3.53

Wyoming

2,009,628

2,037,653

28,025

1.39

State Total

803,851,042

815,061,036

11,209,994

1.39

American Samoa

196,434

217,678

21,244

10.81

Guam

766,348

738,863

(27,485)

−3.59

Northern Marianas

402,258

403,686

1,428

0.35

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

605,383

607,532

2,149

0.35

Outlying Areas Total

2,045,423

2,042,759

(2,664)

−0.13

Native Americans

12,272,535

12,443,205

170,670

1.39

Evaluations set aside

2,261,000

2,295,000

34,000

1.50

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments

State

PY 2014

PY 2015

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$766,080,000

$776,736,000

$10,656,000

1.39

Total (WIOA Adult Activities)

$763,969,000

$774,593,000

$10,624,000

1.39

Alabama

10,127,957

10,701,084

573,127

5.66

Alaska

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

Arizona

15,910,029

17,323,692

1,413,663

8.89

Arkansas

6,508,494

7,337,318

828,824

12.73

California

114,152,207

115,578,226

1,426,019

1.25

Colorado

11,534,090

10,974,957

(559,133)

−4.85

Connecticut

8,642,428

8,856,853

214,425

2.48

Delaware

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

District of Columbia

2,014,101

2,119,523

105,422

5.23

Florida

44,979,171

42,797,775

(2,181,396)

−4.85

Georgia

26,369,329

26,506,892

137,563

0.52

Hawaii

2,137,808

1,951,282

(186,526)

−8.73

Idaho

3,171,735

2,894,258

(277,477)

−8.75

Illinois

35,721,028

39,706,093

3,985,065

11.16

Indiana

16,187,078

14,770,963

(1,416,115)

−8.75

Iowa

3,371,916

3,398,273

26,357

0.78

Kansas

4,537,758

4,502,095

(35,663)

−0.79

Kentucky

12,441,851

13,954,626

1,512,775

12.16

Louisiana

8,947,905

8,816,204

(131,701)

−1.47

Maine

2,958,900

2,927,292

(31,608)

−1.07

Maryland

11,120,651

11,464,414

343,763

3.09

Massachusetts

12,850,371

14,722,745

1,872,374

14.57

Michigan

28,122,010

28,780,666

658,656

2.34

Minnesota

8,509,251

7,764,825

(744,426)

−8.75

Mississippi

8,783,758

8,730,734

(53,024)

−0.60

Missouri

11,979,012

13,246,842

1,267,830

10.58

Montana

2,047,975

2,047,140

(835)

−0.04

Nebraska

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

Nevada

8,620,844

8,809,234

188,390

2.19

New Hampshire

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

New Jersey

24,644,654

22,488,633

(2,156,021)

−8.75

New Mexico

4,457,154

5,044,948

587,794

13.19

New York

50,339,040

50,421,651

82,611

0.16

North Carolina

27,573,758

25,161,487

(2,412,271)

−8.75

North Dakota

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

Ohio

24,343,116

26,518,096

2,174,980

8.93

Oklahoma

6,047,269

6,689,426

642,157

10.62

Oregon

10,108,074

9,995,124

(112,950)

−1.12

Pennsylvania

30,619,150

28,195,888

(2,423,262)

−7.91

Puerto Rico

18,344,208

21,215,910

2,871,702

15.65

Rhode Island

3,230,712

3,569,777

339,065

10.50

South Carolina

12,134,396

11,072,827

(1,061,569)

−8.75

South Dakota

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

Tennessee

16,085,971

17,031,743

945,772

5.88

Texas

50,065,195

52,323,110

2,257,915

4.51

Utah

3,614,740

3,298,507

(316,233)

−8.75

Vermont

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

Virginia

12,445,438

12,370,494

(74,944)

−0.60

Washington

15,226,047

14,868,344

(357,703)

−2.35

West Virginia

4,028,840

4,056,659

27,819

0.69

Wisconsin

11,762,474

12,196,759

434,285

3.69

Wyoming

1,905,148

1,931,641

26,493

1.39

State Total

762,059,077

772,656,517

10,597,440

1.39

American Samoa

182,941

205,921

22,980

12.56

Guam

713,704

698,958

(14,746)

−2.07

Northern Marianas

374,568

381,883

7,315

1.95

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

563,710

574,721

11,011

1.95

Outlying Areas Total

1,909,923

1,936,483

26,560

1.39

Evaluations set aside

2,111,000

2,143,000

32,000

1.52

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments

State

PY 2014

PY 2015

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$1,222,457,000

$1,236,389,000

$13,932,000

1.14

Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)

$1,219,087,000

$1,232,978,000

$13,891,000

1.14

Alabama

11,599,476

15,012,219

3,412,743

29.42

Alaska

1,633,027

2,184,119

551,092

33.75

Arizona

20,193,454

22,511,715

2,318,261

11.48

Arkansas

7,814,651

8,052,059

237,408

3.04

California

157,376,202

164,063,131

6,686,929

4.25

Colorado

15,822,647

13,622,336

(2,200,311)

−13.91

Connecticut

13,243,210

13,612,474

369,264

2.79

Delaware

2,613,882

2,596,904

(16,978)

−0.65

District of Columbia

2,998,287

3,443,627

445,340

14.85

Florida

60,315,153

61,786,732

1,471,579

2.44

Georgia

36,939,150

39,981,701

3,042,551

8.24

Hawaii

1,852,830

1,931,277

78,447

4.23

Idaho

3,461,421

2,636,879

(824,542)

−23.82

Illinois

54,907,799

58,325,151

3,417,352

6.22

Indiana

22,303,621

17,611,408

(4,692,213)

−21.04

Iowa

4,164,521

4,426,239

261,718

6.28

Kansas

5,471,022

4,682,959

(788,063)

−14.40

Kentucky

14,256,130

16,220,379

1,964,249

13.78

Louisiana

10,286,901

9,215,660

(1,071,241)

−10.41

Maine

3,807,546

3,592,396

(215,150)

−5.65

Maryland

16,637,979

17,549,612

911,633

5.48

Massachusetts

18,899,549

21,265,196

2,365,647

12.52

Michigan

36,932,673

40,080,962

3,148,289

8.52

Minnesota

9,452,346

8,332,420

(1,119,926)

−11.85

Mississippi

10,617,327

11,047,184

429,857

4.05

Missouri

16,292,492

18,476,297

2,183,805

13.40

Montana

1,659,822

1,699,458

39,636

2.39

Nebraska

2,044,195

2,016,308

(27,887)

−1.36

Nevada

12,539,486

13,272,377

732,891

5.84

New Hampshire

2,525,768

2,355,019

(170,749)

−6.76

New Jersey

38,580,867

33,968,534

(4,612,333)

−11.95

New Mexico

5,180,570

6,691,816

1,511,246

29.17

New York

67,330,827

69,009,253

1,678,426

2.49

North Carolina

38,671,061

31,698,026

(6,973,035)

−18.03

North Dakota

549,747

566,170

16,423

2.99

Ohio

32,568,365

33,758,857

1,190,492

3.66

Oklahoma

5,417,077

5,943,501

526,424

9.72

Oregon

13,140,217

13,672,401

532,184

4.05

Pennsylvania

43,100,393

37,184,902

(5,915,491)

−13.72

Puerto Rico

14,743,999

20,357,210

5,613,211

38.07

Rhode Island

4,852,880

5,533,256

680,376

14.02

South Carolina

15,546,400

12,481,973

(3,064,427)

−19.71

South Dakota

800,633

856,158

55,525

6.94

Tennessee

20,840,426

21,507,643

667,217

3.20

Texas

57,992,167

55,598,809

(2,393,358)

−4.13

Utah

3,786,657

2,963,244

(823,413)

−21.75

Vermont

779,524

806,732

27,208

3.49

Virginia

15,956,793

17,685,631

1,728,838

10.83

Washington

19,149,875

19,533,856

383,981

2.01

West Virginia

4,272,884

4,814,588

541,704

12.68

Wisconsin

16,187,134

15,763,228

(423,906)

−2.62

Wyoming

726,937

728,014

1,077

0.15

State Total

998,838,000

1,012,728,000

13,890,000

1.39

American Samoa

291,924

327,780

35,856

12.28

Guam

1,138,877

1,112,584

(26,293)

−2.31

Northern Marianas

597,709

607,872

10,163

1.70

Palau

119,680

119,383

(297)

−0.25

Virgin Islands

899,528

914,826

15,298

1.70

Outlying Areas Total

3,047,718

3,082,445

34,727

1.14

National Reserve

217,201,282

217,167,555

(33,727)

−0.02

Evaluations set aside

3,370,000

3,411,000

41,000

1.22

Table D—U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser), PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Final Allotments

State

Final PY 2014

Final PY 2015

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluation

$664,184,000

$664,184,000

$0

0.00

Total (ES Activities)

$664,184,000

$662,400,000

($1,784,000)

−0.27

Alabama

8,502,449

8,491,183

(11,266)

0.13

Alaska

7,219,997

7,200,604

(19,393)

0.27

Arizona

12,467,698

12,473,460

5,762

0.05

Arkansas

5,307,726

5,283,573

(24,153)

0.46

California

79,586,271

79,283,096

(303,175)

0.38

Colorado

10,685,065

10,626,917

(58,148)

0.54

Connecticut

7,561,842

7,565,360

3,518

0.05

Delaware

1,855,182

1,850,199

(4,983)

0.27

District of Columbia

2,123,634

2,088,474

(35,160)

1.66

Florida

38,551,390

38,350,606

(200,784)

0.52

Georgia

19,608,469

19,841,888

233,419

1.19

Hawaii

2,327,227

2,339,563

12,336

0.53

Idaho

6,015,543

5,999,385

(16,158)

0.27

Illinois

27,868,035

27,708,235

(159,800)

0.57

Indiana

12,821,228

12,751,284

(69,944)

0.55

Iowa

5,964,574

6,028,720

64,146

1.08

Kansas

5,526,029

5,498,111

(27,918)

0.51

Kentucky

8,506,643

8,465,309

(41,334)

0.49

Louisiana

8,094,739

8,076,868

(17,871)

0.22

Maine

3,577,386

3,567,777

(9,609)

0.27

Maryland

11,906,489

11,934,682

28,193

0.24

Massachusetts

13,409,175

13,585,040

175,865

1.31

Michigan

21,291,774

21,056,725

(235,049)

1.10

Minnesota

10,993,540

10,920,175

(73,365)

0.67

Mississippi

5,674,402

5,621,814

(52,588)

0.93

Missouri

11,888,860

11,967,561

78,701

0.66

Montana

4,915,931

4,902,727

(13,204)

0.27

Nebraska

5,605,477

5,512,267

(93,210)

1.66

Nevada

6,117,652

6,068,982

(48,670)

0.80

New Hampshire

2,650,012

2,641,511

(8,501)

0.32

New Jersey

19,124,756

18,973,701

(151,055)

0.79

New Mexico

5,516,541

5,501,724

(14,817)

0.27

New York

38,504,428

38,363,357

(141,071)

0.37

North Carolina

19,555,320

19,378,713

(176,607)

0.90

North Dakota

5,005,890

4,992,444

(13,446)

0.27

Ohio

23,710,251

23,445,526

(264,725)

1.12

Oklahoma

6,461,834

6,464,603

2,769

0.04

Oregon

8,138,876

8,093,834

(45,042)

0.55

Pennsylvania

25,781,009

25,557,772

(223,237)

0.87

Puerto Rico

6,911,482

6,836,910

(74,572)

1.08

Rhode Island

2,453,424

2,437,864

(15,560)

0.63

South Carolina

9,079,879

8,992,138

(87,741)

0.97

South Dakota

4,626,593

4,614,166

(12,427)

0.27

Tennessee

12,636,661

12,567,163

(69,498)

0.55

Texas

47,954,459

48,160,966

206,507

0.43

Utah

6,395,863

6,289,510

(106,353)

1.66

Vermont

2,167,359

2,161,537

(5,822)

0.27

Virginia

15,390,720

15,846,585

455,865

2.96

Washington

13,819,721

13,756,839

(62,882)

0.46

West Virginia

5,295,592

5,281,368

(14,224)

0.27

Wisconsin

11,820,318

11,786,589

(33,729)

0.29

Wyoming

3,589,535

3,579,894

(9,641)

0.27

State Total

662,564,950

660,785,299

(1,779,651)

0.27

Guam

310,787

309,952

(835)

0.27

Virgin Islands

1,308,263

1,304,749

(3,514)

0.27

Outlying Areas Total

1,619,050

1,614,701

(4,349)

0.27

Evaluations set aside

0

1,784,000

1,784,000

N/A

Table E—U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Workforce Information Grants to States, PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Allotments

State

PY 2014

PY 2015

Difference

% Difference

Total

$32,000,000

$32,000,000

$0

0.00

Alabama

507,835

504,328

(3,507)

0.69

Alaska

289,243

289,343

100

0.03

Arizona

612,836

613,057

221

0.04

Arkansas

407,384

405,110

(2,274)

0.56

California

2,512,037

2,512,646

609

0.02

Colorado

581,206

583,979

2,773

0.48

Connecticut

471,257

472,001

744

0.16

Delaware

298,885

299,203

318

0.11

District of Columbia

289,809

289,948

139

0.05

Florida

1,391,578

1,408,710

17,132

1.23

Georgia

831,404

824,471

(6,933)

0.83

Hawaii

323,731

325,099

1,368

0.42

Idaho

339,000

339,420

420

0.12

Illinois

1,046,809

1,041,040

(5,769)

0.55

Indiana

629,369

635,932

6,563

1.04

Iowa

445,306

450,811

5,505

1.24

Kansas

426,480

426,274

(206)

0.05

Kentucky

498,878

493,479

(5,399)

1.08

Louisiana

499,691

501,858

2,167

0.43

Maine

331,051

331,102

51

0.02

Maryland

626,679

623,467

(3,212)

0.51

Massachusetts

669,155

671,558

2,403

0.36

Michigan

815,743

820,078

4,335

0.53

Minnesota

607,750

608,644

894

0.15

Mississippi

405,143

398,706

(6,437)

1.59

Missouri

610,737

614,280

3,543

0.58

Montana

306,821

307,848

1,027

0.33

Nebraska

370,589

369,401

(1,188)

0.32

Nevada

411,954

411,778

(176)

0.04

New Hampshire

335,427

335,286

(141)

0.04

New Jersey

807,150

791,996

(15,154)

1.88

New Mexico

358,969

357,691

(1,278)

0.36

New York

1,414,730

1,413,628

(1,102)

0.08

North Carolina

820,492

813,419

(7,073)

0.86

North Dakota

293,355

294,439

1,084

0.37

Ohio

944,285

944,193

(92)

0.01

Oklahoma

465,806

464,819

(987)

0.21

Oregon

480,795

480,082

(713)

0.15

Pennsylvania

1,039,220

1,025,094

(14,126)

1.36

Puerto Rico

389,936

386,665

(3,271)

0.84

Rhode Island

312,805

312,352

(453)

0.14

South Carolina

509,004

509,225

221

0.04

South Dakota

299,407

299,746

339

0.11

Tennessee

624,985

614,134

(10,851)

1.74

Texas

1,796,213

1,821,458

25,245

1.41

Utah

413,138

420,602

7,464

1.81

Vermont

287,830

287,500

(330)

0.11

Virginia

759,585

765,965

6,380

0.84

Washington

668,760

666,958

(1,802)

0.27

West Virginia

342,636

341,935

(701)

0.20

Wisconsin

618,083

619,893

1,810

0.29

Wyoming

282,229

282,549

320

0.11

State Total

31,823,200

31,823,200

0

0.00

Guam

93,090

93,090

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

83,710

83,710

0

0.00

Outlying Areas Total

176,800

176,800

0

0.00

Portia Wu,

Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

[FR Doc. 2015-10328 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]

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