# 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.

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** May 4, 2015
- **Citation:** 80 FR 25325

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2015-10328. Public record. Not legal advice.