Program Year (PY) 2016 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2016 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2016 Workforce Information Grants

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Program Year (PY) 2016 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2016 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2016 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2016 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 2016 and Workforce Information Grants allotments for PY 2016.

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 2016, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2016 funds for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands) that was published in the

Federal Register

at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). WIOA specifically included the Republic of Palau as an outlying area, except during any period for which the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education determine that a Compact of Free Association is in effect and contains provisions for training and education assistance prohibiting the assistance provided under WIOA; no such determinations prohibiting assistance have been made. The formula that the Department of Labor (Department) used for PY 2016 is the same formula used in PY 2015 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 18, 2016.

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—Donald Haughton 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 WIOA allotments for PY 2016 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2016 final allotments, and PY 2016 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2016 to States with an approved WIOA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2016, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.

On December 18, 2015, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division H, Title I, Section 107 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.75 percent of most operating funds for evaluations. 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. 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 2016, the Secretary set aside .25 percent of the Training and Employment Services (TES) and State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Operations (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 2016 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 2016 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2016 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2016 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $873,416,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,485,000 for evaluations, $870,931,000 is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2016 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2015 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) after the amount reserved for Native American Youth (in accordance with WIOA section 127(b)(1)(B)(i)). On December 17, 2003, Pub. L. 108-188, the

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

was signed into law. The Compact 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 Appropriations Act, 2016 (Division H, Title II, Section 306 of Public Law 114-113) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2016.

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. For PY 2016, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 waives the competition requirement contained in WIOA section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii), 132(b)(1)(A)(ii), and 132(b)(2)(A)(ii) regarding funding to outlying areas (

e.g.,

American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands). For PY 2016, 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 the number of unemployed, a minimum of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage, a $75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year share). For the relative share calculation in PY 2016, the Department continued to use the data obtained from the 2010 Census for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. For the Republic of Palau, the Department continued to use data from Palau's 2005 Census.

After the Department calculated the amount for the outlying areas and the Native American program, it was determined that the amount available for PY 2016 allotments to the States is $855,722,367. 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(b)(2) (as amended by section 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367) minimums of 90 percent 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 2016 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 2014-June 2015;

(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 the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-15-13). 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 2016 is $815,556,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,321,000 for evaluations, $813,235,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $811,201,912 is for States and $2,033,088 is for outlying areas. Table B shows the PY 2016 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2016 allotments to PY 2015 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 2016 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 2016 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 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 the Bureau of Labor Statistics (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 2016 totals $1,241,719,000. 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 $3,533,000 for evaluations, a total of $1,238,186,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for outlying areas is $3,095,465, leaving $217,135,535 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,017,955,000 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2016 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2016 allotments to PY 2015 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). Similar to Youth and Adult funds, instead of competition, in PY 2016 the Department will use the same

pro rata

share as the areas received for the PY 2016 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute the outlying areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2015. The three data factors required in WIOA for the PY 2016 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2014-September 2015;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2014-September 2015; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2014-September 2015.

In PY 2016, under WIOA the Dislocated Worker formula adopted minimum and maximum provisions. No State may receive an allotment that is less than 90 percent of the State's prior year allotment percentage or more than 130 percent of the State's prior year allotment percentage.

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2016 for ES grants totals $680,000,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $1,845,000 for evaluations, a total of $678,155,000 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 2016 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2015 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 the BLS for calendar year 2015. 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 $676,501,894 for States, as well as $1,653,106 for outlying areas.

Under section 7(a), 90 percent of funds must be used for labor exchange services and other career services such as job search and placement services to job seekers; appropriate recruitment services for employers; program evaluations; developing and providing labor market and occupational information; developing management information systems; and administering the work test for unemployment insurance claimants. Under section 7(b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State shall 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 2016 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 United States Virgin Islands. Guam and the United States 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 2015.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments

[Comparison of PY 2016 allotments vs PY 2015 allotments]

State

PY 2015

PY 2016

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$831,842,000

$873,416,000

$41,574,000

5.00

Total (WIOA Youth Activities)

$829,547,000

$870,931,000

$41,384,000

4.99

Alabama

10,973,635

13,242,811

2,269,176

20.68

Alaska

2,037,653

2,296,191

258,538

12.69

Arizona

18,380,399

20,040,831

1,660,432

9.03

Arkansas

7,694,400

7,839,730

145,330

1.89

California

120,707,084

128,788,366

8,081,282

6.69

Colorado

11,835,030

11,182,905

(652,125)

−5.51

Connecticut

9,634,681

10,313,964

679,283

7.05

Delaware

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

District of Columbia

2,329,955

3,086,388

756,433

32.47

Florida

42,774,978

49,787,759

7,012,781

16.39

Georgia

27,630,735

30,707,383

3,076,648

11.13

Hawaii

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

Idaho

3,116,131

2,944,428

(171,703)

−5.51

Illinois

42,336,174

40,003,397

(2,332,777)

−5.51

Indiana

16,203,657

17,064,726

861,069

5.31

Iowa

4,781,261

5,118,005

336,744

7.04

Kansas

5,370,179

5,166,437

(203,742)

−3.79

Kentucky

13,717,594

12,961,737

(755,857)

−5.51

Louisiana

9,194,017

12,548,488

3,354,471

36.49

Maine

3,214,985

3,208,693

(6,292)

−0.20

Maryland

12,364,002

14,375,433

2,011,431

16.27

Massachusetts

16,504,685

15,595,256

(909,429)

−5.51

Michigan

31,250,104

29,709,018

(1,541,086)

−4.93

Minnesota

9,078,036

8,577,825

(500,211)

−5.51

Mississippi

9,151,084

10,193,683

1,042,599

11.39

Missouri

14,228,439

16,472,508

2,244,069

15.77

Montana

2,152,782

2,139,306

(13,476)

−0.63

Nebraska

2,425,096

2,291,470

(133,626)

−5.51

Nevada

9,034,617

9,531,729

497,112

5.50

New Hampshire

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

New Jersey

23,282,287

24,898,651

1,616,364

6.94

New Mexico

5,249,778

6,167,206

917,428

17.48

New York

52,128,262

54,003,637

1,875,375

3.60

North Carolina

26,347,165

25,235,370

(1,111,795)

−4.22

North Dakota

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

Ohio

28,593,170

28,162,375

(430,795)

−1.51

Oklahoma

6,941,080

6,558,618

(382,462)

−5.51

Oregon

10,431,168

11,441,241

1,010,073

9.68

Pennsylvania

30,984,178

29,652,886

(1,331,292)

−4.30

Puerto Rico

19,489,676

23,096,083

3,606,407

18.50

Rhode Island

4,106,989

3,880,689

(226,300)

−5.51

South Carolina

11,474,747

14,636,640

3,161,893

27.56

South Dakota

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

Tennessee

17,503,627

18,911,472

1,407,845

8.04

Texas

54,914,867

51,888,988

(3,025,879)

−5.51

Utah

3,928,231

3,711,780

(216,451)

−5.51

Vermont

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

Virginia

13,325,559

15,728,252

2,402,693

18.03

Washington

15,945,865

18,966,351

3,020,486

18.94

West Virginia

3,987,564

5,350,384

1,362,820

34.18

Wisconsin

14,041,859

13,268,135

(773,724)

−5.51

Wyoming

2,037,653

2,139,306

101,653

4.99

State Total

815,061,036

855,722,367

40,661,331

4.99

American Samoa

217,678

228,951

11,273

5.18

Guam

738,863

777,128

38,265

5.18

Northern Marianas

403,686

424,593

20,907

5.18

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

607,532

638,996

31,464

5.18

Outlying Areas Total

2,042,759

2,144,668

101,909

4.99

Native Americans

12,443,205

13,063,965

620,760

4.99

Evaluations set aside

2,295,000

2,485,000

190,000

8.28

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments

[Comparison of PY 2016 allotments vs PY 2015 allotments]

State

PY 2015

PY 2016

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$776,736,000

$815,556,000

$38,820,000

5.00

Total (WIOA Adult Activities)

$774,593,000

$813,235,000

$38,642,000

4.99

Alabama

10,701,084

12,855,265

2,154,181

20.13

Alaska

1,931,641

2,141,082

209,441

10.84

Arizona

17,323,692

18,879,837

1,556,145

8.98

Arkansas

7,337,318

7,472,699

135,381

1.85

California

115,578,226

123,210,917

7,632,691

6.60

Colorado

10,974,957

10,370,217

(604,740)

−5.51

Connecticut

8,856,853

9,481,516

624,663

7.05

Delaware

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

District of Columbia

2,119,523

2,829,641

710,118

33.50

Florida

42,797,775

49,511,527

6,713,752

15.69

Georgia

26,506,892

29,416,706

2,909,814

10.98

Hawaii

1,951,282

2,028,005

76,723

3.93

Idaho

2,894,258

2,734,779

(159,479)

−5.51

Illinois

39,706,093

37,518,214

(2,187,879)

−5.51

Indiana

14,770,963

15,474,763

703,800

4.76

Iowa

3,398,273

3,662,040

263,767

7.76

Kansas

4,502,095

4,279,457

(222,638)

−4.95

Kentucky

13,954,626

13,185,700

(768,926)

−5.51

Louisiana

8,816,204

12,032,822

3,216,618

36.49

Maine

2,927,292

2,914,099

(13,193)

−0.45

Maryland

11,464,414

13,348,546

1,884,132

16.43

Massachusetts

14,722,745

13,911,495

(811,250)

−5.51

Michigan

28,780,666

27,194,798

(1,585,868)

−5.51

Minnesota

7,764,825

7,336,969

(427,856)

−5.51

Mississippi

8,730,734

9,714,582

983,848

11.27

Missouri

13,246,842

15,350,715

2,103,873

15.88

Montana

2,047,140

2,028,005

(19,135)

−0.93

Nebraska

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

Nevada

8,809,234

9,285,903

476,669

5.41

New Hampshire

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

New Jersey

22,488,633

24,056,170

1,567,537

6.97

New Mexico

5,044,948

5,913,046

868,098

17.21

New York

50,421,651

52,214,166

1,792,515

3.56

North Carolina

25,161,487

24,108,820

(1,052,667)

−4.18

North Dakota

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

Ohio

26,518,096

26,068,489

(449,607)

−1.70

Oklahoma

6,689,426

6,320,826

(368,600)

−5.51

Oregon

9,995,124

10,949,876

954,752

9.55

Pennsylvania

28,195,888

26,866,202

(1,329,686)

−4.72

Puerto Rico

21,215,910

24,742,775

3,526,865

16.62

Rhode Island

3,569,777

3,373,076

(196,701)

−5.51

South Carolina

11,072,827

14,080,837

3,008,010

27.17

South Dakota

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

Tennessee

17,031,743

18,374,267

1,342,524

7.88

Texas

52,323,110

49,440,010

(2,883,100)

−5.51

Utah

3,298,507

3,116,753

(181,754)

−5.51

Vermont

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

Virginia

12,370,494

14,623,934

2,253,440

18.22

Washington

14,868,344

17,705,363

2,837,019

19.08

West Virginia

4,056,659

5,356,273

1,299,614

32.04

Wisconsin

12,196,759

11,524,695

(672,064)

−5.51

Wyoming

1,931,641

2,028,005

96,364

4.99

State Total

772,656,517

811,201,912

38,545,395

4.99

American Samoa

205,921

216,608

10,687

5.19

Guam

698,958

735,231

36,273

5.19

Northern Marianas

381,883

401,702

19,819

5.19

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

574,721

604,547

29,826

5.19

Outlying Areas Total

1,936,483

2,033,088

96,605

4.99

Evaluations set aside

2,143,000

2,321,000

178,000

8.31

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments

[Comparison of PY 2016 allotments vs PY 2015 allotments]

State

PY 2015

PY 2016

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluations

$1,236,389,000

$1,241,719,000

$5,330,000

0.43

Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)

$1,232,978,000

$1,238,186,000

$5,208,000

0.42

Alabama

15,012,219

16,427,975

1,415,756

9.43

Alaska

2,184,119

2,854,009

669,890

30.67

Arizona

22,511,715

25,029,051

2,517,336

11.18

Arkansas

8,052,059

7,757,044

(295,015)

−3.66

California

164,063,131

169,644,376

5,581,245

3.40

Colorado

13,622,336

12,323,381

(1,298,955)

−9.54

Connecticut

13,612,474

14,353,697

741,223

5.45

Delaware

2,596,904

2,349,277

(247,627)

−9.54

District of Columbia

3,443,627

4,499,821

1,056,194

30.67

Florida

61,786,732

65,053,785

3,267,053

5.29

Georgia

39,981,701

40,521,426

539,725

1.35

Hawaii

1,931,277

1,894,161

(37,116)

−1.92

Idaho

2,636,879

2,385,440

(251,439)

−9.54

Illinois

58,325,151

52,763,567

(5,561,584)

−9.54

Indiana

17,611,408

17,062,801

(548,607)

−3.12

Iowa

4,426,239

4,004,176

(422,063)

−9.54

Kansas

4,682,959

4,609,831

(73,128)

−1.56

Kentucky

16,220,379

14,673,688

(1,546,691)

−9.54

Louisiana

9,215,660

12,042,192

2,826,532

30.67

Maine

3,592,396

3,249,844

(342,552)

−9.54

Maryland

17,549,612

18,580,386

1,030,774

5.87

Massachusetts

21,265,196

19,237,457

(2,027,739)

−9.54

Michigan

40,080,962

36,259,049

(3,821,913)

−9.54

Minnesota

8,332,420

7,537,884

(794,536)

−9.54

Mississippi

11,047,184

11,826,808

779,624

7.06

Missouri

18,476,297

17,142,075

(1,334,222)

−7.22

Montana

1,699,458

1,537,406

(162,052)

−9.54

Nebraska

2,016,308

1,824,043

(192,265)

−9.54

Nevada

13,272,377

14,417,704

1,145,327

8.63

New Hampshire

2,355,019

2,130,457

(224,562)

−9.54

New Jersey

33,968,534

38,809,709

4,841,175

14.25

New Mexico

6,691,816

7,937,300

1,245,484

18.61

New York

69,009,253

62,428,888

(6,580,365)

−9.54

North Carolina

31,698,026

31,022,721

(675,305)

−2.13

North Dakota

566,170

728,444

162,274

28.66

Ohio

33,758,857

30,539,787

(3,219,070)

−9.54

Oklahoma

5,943,501

5,376,760

(566,741)

−9.54

Oregon

13,672,401

14,140,167

467,766

3.42

Pennsylvania

37,184,902

36,591,154

(593,748)

−1.60

Puerto Rico

20,357,210

25,824,090

5,466,880

26.85

Rhode Island

5,533,256

5,005,633

(527,623)

−9.54

South Carolina

12,481,973

16,310,315

3,828,342

30.67

South Dakota

856,158

1,070,734

214,576

25.06

Tennessee

21,507,643

23,146,617

1,638,974

7.62

Texas

55,598,809

50,297,194

(5,301,615)

−9.54

Utah

2,963,244

3,143,067

179,823

6.07

Vermont

806,732

890,075

83,343

10.33

Virginia

17,685,631

16,945,520

(740,111)

−4.18

Washington

19,533,856

22,462,284

2,928,428

14.99

West Virginia

4,814,588

6,291,269

1,476,681

30.67

Wisconsin

15,763,228

14,260,128

(1,503,100)

−9.54

Wyoming

728,014

740,333

12,319

1.69

State Total

1,012,728,000

1,017,955,000

5,227,000

0.52

American Samoa

327,780

329,795

2,015

0.61

Guam

1,112,584

1,119,421

6,837

0.61

Northern Marianas

607,872

611,609

3,737

0.61

Palau

119,383

114,191

(5,192)

−4.35

Virgin Islands

914,826

920,449

5,623

0.61

Outlying Areas Total

3,082,445

3,095,465

13,020

0.42

National Reserve

217,167,555

217,135,535

(32,020)

−0.01

Evaluations set aside

3,411,000

3,533,000

122,000

3.58

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser)

[PY 2016 vs PY 2015 final allotments]

State

Final PY 2015

Final PY 2016

Difference

% Difference

Total with Evaluation

$664,184,000

$680,000,000

$15,816,000

2.38

Total (WIOA ES Activities)

$662,400,000

$678,155,000

$15,755,000

2.38

Alabama

8,491,183

8,970,663

479,480

5.65

Alaska

7,200,604

7,371,868

171,264

2.38

Arizona

12,473,460

13,211,577

738,117

5.92

Arkansas

5,283,573

5,397,894

114,321

2.16

California

79,283,096

80,968,393

1,685,297

2.13

Colorado

10,626,917

10,789,931

163,014

1.53

Connecticut

7,565,360

7,765,324

199,964

2.64

Delaware

1,850,199

1,894,205

44,006

2.38

District of Columbia

2,088,474

2,096,429

7,955

0.38

Florida

38,350,606

39,144,904

794,298

2.07

Georgia

19,841,888

20,216,693

374,805

1.89

Hawaii

2,339,563

2,428,629

89,066

3.81

Idaho

5,999,385

6,142,079

142,694

2.38

Illinois

27,708,235

28,115,306

407,071

1.47

Indiana

12,751,284

13,000,193

248,909

1.95

Iowa

6,028,720

6,166,392

137,672

2.28

Kansas

5,498,111

5,618,970

120,859

2.20

Kentucky

8,465,309

8,515,817

50,508

0.60

Louisiana

8,076,868

9,250,226

1,173,358

14.53

Maine

3,567,777

3,652,636

84,859

2.38

Maryland

11,934,682

12,506,024

571,342

4.79

Massachusetts

13,585,040

13,897,531

312,491

2.30

Michigan

21,056,725

21,131,809

75,084

0.36

Minnesota

10,920,175

11,125,457

205,282

1.88

Mississippi

5,621,814

5,700,269

78,455

1.40

Missouri

11,967,561

12,359,052

391,491

3.27

Montana

4,902,727

5,019,337

116,610

2.38

Nebraska

5,512,267

5,520,741

8,474

0.15

Nevada

6,068,982

6,211,983

143,001

2.36

New Hampshire

2,641,511

2,694,892

53,381

2.02

New Jersey

18,973,701

19,315,682

341,981

1.80

New Mexico

5,501,724

5,632,581

130,857

2.38

New York

38,363,357

39,157,376

794,019

2.07

North Carolina

19,378,713

19,761,644

382,931

1.98

North Dakota

4,992,444

5,111,188

118,744

2.38

Ohio

23,445,526

23,704,298

258,772

1.10

Oklahoma

6,464,603

6,861,466

396,863

6.14

Oregon

8,093,834

8,237,229

143,395

1.77

Pennsylvania

25,557,772

26,031,932

474,160

1.86

Puerto Rico

6,836,910

6,909,223

72,313

1.06

Rhode Island

2,437,864

2,459,092

21,228

0.87

South Carolina

8,992,138

9,472,249

480,111

5.34

South Dakota

4,614,166

4,723,913

109,747

2.38

Tennessee

12,567,163

12,834,215

267,052

2.12

Texas

48,160,966

49,277,528

1,116,562

2.32

Utah

6,289,510

6,299,178

9,668

0.15

Vermont

2,161,537

2,212,949

51,412

2.38

Virginia

15,846,585

16,206,026

359,441

2.27

Washington

13,756,839

14,323,487

566,648

4.12

West Virginia

5,281,368

5,406,984

125,616

2.38

Wisconsin

11,786,589

12,013,389

226,800

1.92

Wyoming

3,579,894

3,665,041

85,147

2.38

State Total

660,785,299

676,501,894

15,716,595

2.38

Guam

309,952

317,324

7,372

2.38

Virgin Islands

1,304,749

1,335,782

31,033

2.38

Outlying Areas Total

1,614,701

1,653,106

38,405

2.38

Evaluations set aside

1,784,000

1,845,000

61,000

3.42

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Workforce Information Grants to States

[PY 2016 vs PY 2015 allotments]

State

PY 2015

PY 2016

Difference

% Difference

Total

$32,000,000

$32,000,000

$0

0.00

Alabama

504,328

503,955

(373)

−0.07

Alaska

289,343

288,924

(419)

−0.14

Arizona

613,057

624,575

11,518

1.88

Arkansas

405,110

405,098

(12)

0.00

California

2,512,646

2,535,716

23,070

0.92

Colorado

583,979

585,592

1,613

0.28

Connecticut

472,001

475,078

3,077

0.65

Delaware

299,203

300,301

1,098

0.37

District of Columbia

289,948

291,253

1,305

0.45

Florida

1,408,710

1,405,557

(3,153)

−0.22

Georgia

824,471

818,650

(5,821)

−0.71

Hawaii

325,099

326,170

1,071

0.33

Idaho

339,420

340,258

838

0.25

Illinois

1,041,040

1,030,239

(10,801)

−1.04

Indiana

635,932

638,032

2,100

0.33

Iowa

450,811

451,225

414

0.09

Kansas

426,274

425,110

(1,164)

−0.27

Kentucky

493,479

482,822

(10,657)

−2.16

Louisiana

501,858

509,684

7,826

1.56

Maine

331,102

328,137

(2,965)

−0.90

Maryland

623,467

622,922

(545)

−0.09

Massachusetts

671,558

679,830

8,272

1.23

Michigan

820,078

817,841

(2,237)

−0.27

Minnesota

608,644

607,606

(1,038)

−0.17

Mississippi

398,706

395,692

(3,014)

−0.76

Missouri

614,280

617,432

3,152

0.51

Montana

307,848

307,795

(53)

−0.02

Nebraska

369,401

367,292

(2,109)

−0.57

Nevada

411,778

415,509

3,731

0.91

New Hampshire

335,286

334,684

(602)

−0.18

New Jersey

791,996

793,083

1,087

0.14

New Mexico

357,691

356,477

(1,214)

−0.34

New York

1,413,628

1,405,521

(8,107)

−0.57

North Carolina

813,419

814,035

616

0.08

North Dakota

294,439

295,165

726

0.25

Ohio

944,193

936,822

(7,371)

−0.78

Oklahoma

464,819

465,408

589

0.13

Oregon

480,082

480,039

(43)

−0.01

Pennsylvania

1,025,094

1,016,843

(8,251)

−0.80

Puerto Rico

386,665

382,050

(4,615)

−1.19

Rhode Island

312,352

311,738

(614)

−0.20

South Carolina

509,225

515,528

6,303

1.24

South Dakota

299,746

299,424

(322)

−0.11

Tennessee

614,134

612,772

(1,362)

−0.22

Texas

1,821,458

1,828,910

7,452

0.41

Utah

420,602

420,937

335

0.08

Vermont

287,500

286,842

(658)

−0.23

Virginia

765,965

757,553

(8,412)

−1.10

Washington

666,958

671,496

4,538

0.68

West Virginia

341,935

339,090

(2,845)

−0.83

Wisconsin

619,893

618,500

(1,393)

−0.22

Wyoming

282,549

281,988

(561)

−0.20

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. 2016-08747 Filed 4-15-16; 8:45 am]

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