Program Year (PY) 2017 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2017 Workforce Information Grants

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Program Year (PY) 2017 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2017 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2017 for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2017 and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2017.

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 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2017 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 2017 is the same formula used in PY 2016 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 July 17, 2017.

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 2017 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2017 final allotments, and PY 2017 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2017 to States with an approved WIOA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2017, and information regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.

On May 5, 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Public Law 115-31 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 providing 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 2017, the Secretary set aside 0.25 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.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Division H, Title I, sec. 106(b), allows the Secretary to set aside up to 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation for activities related to program integrity. For 2017, the Department set aside the full 0.5 percent of most discretionary appropriations which reduced WIOA Adult, Youth, Dislocated Worker, Wagner-Peyser Employment Service and Workforce Information Grant program budgets.

We also have attached tables listing the PY 2017 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 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2017 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2017 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $873,416,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,488,000 for evaluations and $4,367,080 for program integrity, $866,560,920, is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2017 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides), 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 and program integrity set asides) after 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 specified that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA sec. 512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer to WIOA funding. The Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2017 (Division H, Title III, Section 305 of Pub. L. 115-31) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2017.

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 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 waives the competition requirement contained in WIOA secs. 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 2017, 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 2017, 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 used data from Palau's 2015 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 2017 allotments to the States is $851,428,600. This total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIOA sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply the WIOA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor apply. This is the same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has been applied almost continuously for more than two decades.

See

sec. 262(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), (as amended by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220). 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 sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) for the PY 2017 Youth Activities State formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2015-June 2016;

(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 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 Census Bureau and used since PY 2013. The Census Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.

For purposes of identifying ASUs for the Youth Activities allotment) formula, the Department continued to use the data made available by BLS (as described in the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-16-15). For purposes of determining the number of disadvantaged youth, the Department continued to use the special tabulations of ACS data 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 2017 is $815,556,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,323,000 for evaluations and $4,077,780 for program integrity, $809,155,220 remains for Adult Activities, of which $807,132,332 is for States and $2,022,888 is for Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2017 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2017 allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides). As discussed in the Youth Activities section above, in PY 2017 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 2017 allotments because the total amount available for the States was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIOA sec. 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor apply. This is the same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has been applied almost continuously for more than two decades.

See

sec. 262(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), (as amended by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220). 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 disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72, excluding college students in the workforce and military).

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments.

The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2017 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 $3,536,000 for evaluations and $6,208,595 for program integrity, a total of $1,231,974,405 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,079,936, leaving $216,046,769 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,012,847,700 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2017 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2017 allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides). Similar to Youth and Adult funds, instead of competition, in PY

2017 the Department will use the same

pro rata

share as the areas received for the PY 2017 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2016.

The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the PY 2017 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016.

In PY 2017, under WIOA the Dislocated Worker formula uses 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 2017 for ES grants totals $671,413,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $1,826,000 for evaluations and $3,357,065 for program integrity, a total of $666,229,935 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 2017 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2016 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 2016. 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 $664,605,898 for States, as well as $1,624,037 for Outlying Areas.

Section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (49 U.S.C. 49f(a)) authorizes States to use 90 percent of funds allotted to a State 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. Section 7(b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act states that 10 percent of the total sums allotted to each State must be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for public ES offices and programs, provide services for groups with special needs, and to provide for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering services of the type described in section 7(a).

Workforce Information Grants Allotments.

Total PY 2017 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. After reducing the total by $160,000 for program integrity, $31,840,000 is available for Workforce Information Grants. The allotment figures for each State are listed in Table E. Funds are distributed by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,416 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 2016.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State

PY 2016

PY 2017

Difference

Difference

(percent)

Total Appropriated

$873,416,000

$873,416,000

$0

0.00

Total (WIOA Youth Activities)

870,931,000

866,560,920

(4,370,080)

−0.50

Alabama

13,242,811

15,935,826

2,693,015

20.34

Alaska

2,296,191

2,749,556

453,365

19.74

Arizona

20,040,831

21,927,448

1,886,617

9.41

Arkansas

7,839,730

7,020,353

(819,377)

−10.45

California

128,788,366

122,708,017

(6,080,349)

−4.72

Colorado

11,182,905

10,014,113

(1,168,792)

−10.45

Connecticut

10,313,964

10,849,939

535,975

5.20

Delaware

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

District of Columbia

3,086,388

3,048,727

(37,661)

−1.22

Florida

49,787,759

47,191,033

(2,596,726)

−5.22

Georgia

30,707,383

27,497,972

(3,209,411)

−10.45

Hawaii

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

Idaho

2,944,428

2,636,688

(307,740)

−10.45

Illinois

40,003,397

45,262,696

5,259,299

13.15

Indiana

17,064,726

15,281,190

(1,783,536)

−10.45

Iowa

5,118,005

5,042,166

(75,839)

−1.48

Kansas

5,166,437

4,626,462

(539,975)

−10.45

Kentucky

12,961,737

13,006,059

44,322

0.34

Louisiana

12,548,488

15,937,361

3,388,873

27.01

Maine

3,208,693

2,873,333

(335,360)

−10.45

Maryland

14,375,433

13,351,957

(1,023,476)

−7.12

Massachusetts

15,595,256

13,965,303

(1,629,953)

−10.45

Michigan

29,709,018

26,603,952

(3,105,066)

−10.45

Minnesota

8,577,825

8,630,212

52,387

0.61

Mississippi

10,193,683

10,648,637

454,954

4.46

Missouri

16,472,508

14,750,868

(1,721,640)

−10.45

Montana

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

Nebraska

2,291,470

2,432,570

141,100

6.16

Nevada

9,531,729

9,913,269

381,540

4.00

New Hampshire

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

New Jersey

24,898,651

22,296,345

(2,602,306)

−10.45

New Mexico

6,167,206

7,484,241

1,317,035

21.36

New York

54,003,637

49,406,010

(4,597,627)

−8.51

North Carolina

25,235,370

28,746,951

3,511,581

13.92

North Dakota

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

Ohio

28,162,375

30,130,209

1,967,834

6.99

Oklahoma

6,558,618

7,802,022

1,243,404

18.96

Oregon

11,441,241

10,245,449

(1,195,792)

−10.45

Pennsylvania

29,652,886

32,264,694

2,611,808

8.81

Puerto Rico

23,096,083

25,176,038

2,079,955

9.01

Rhode Island

3,880,689

3,582,507

(298,182)

−7.68

South Carolina

14,636,640

13,932,904

(703,736)

−4.81

South Dakota

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

Tennessee

18,911,472

16,934,922

(1,976,550)

−10.45

Texas

51,888,988

58,289,678

6,400,690

12.34

Utah

3,711,780

3,323,840

(387,940)

−10.45

Vermont

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

Virginia

15,728,252

14,084,399

(1,643,853)

−10.45

Washington

18,966,351

18,561,132

(405,219)

−2.14

West Virginia

5,350,384

6,247,535

897,151

16.77

Wisconsin

13,268,135

11,985,441

(1,282,694)

−9.67

Wyoming

2,139,306

2,128,572

(10,734)

−0.50

State Total

855,722,367

851,428,600

(4,293,767)

−0.50

American Samoa

228,951

227,760

(1,191)

−0.52

Guam

777,128

773,087

(4,041)

−0.52

Northern Marianas

424,593

422,385

(2,208)

−0.52

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

638,996

635,674

(3,322)

−0.52

Outlying Areas Total

2,144,668

2,133,906

(10,762)

−0.50

Native Americans

13,063,965

12,998,414

(65,551)

−0.50

Evaluations set aside

2,485,000

2,488,000

3,000

0.12

Program Integrity set aside

0

4,367,080

4,367,080

N/A

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State

PY 2016

PY 2017

Difference

Difference

(percent)

Total Appropriated

$815,556,000

$815,556,000

$0

0.00

Total (WIOA Adult Activities)

813,235,000

809,155,220

(4,079,780)

−0.50

Alabama

12,855,265

15,399,354

2,544,089

19.79

Alaska

2,141,082

2,571,516

430,434

20.10

Arizona

18,879,837

20,673,071

1,793,234

9.50

Arkansas

7,472,699

6,691,689

(781,010)

−10.45

California

123,210,917

117,464,601

(5,746,316)

−4.66

Colorado

10,370,217

9,286,373

(1,083,844)

−10.45

Connecticut

9,481,516

9,998,629

517,113

5.45

Delaware

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

District of Columbia

2,829,641

2,797,188

(32,453)

−1.15

Florida

49,511,527

47,011,004

(2,500,523)

−5.05

Georgia

29,416,706

26,342,217

(3,074,489)

−10.45

Hawaii

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Idaho

2,734,779

2,448,953

(285,826)

−10.45

Illinois

37,518,214

42,455,721

4,937,507

13.16

Indiana

15,474,763

13,857,417

(1,617,346)

−10.45

Iowa

3,662,040

3,620,871

(41,169)

−1.12

Kansas

4,279,457

3,832,189

(447,268)

−10.45

Kentucky

13,185,700

13,297,308

111,608

0.85

Louisiana

12,032,822

15,196,124

3,163,302

26.29

Maine

2,914,099

2,609,532

(304,567)

−10.45

Maryland

13,348,546

12,390,856

(957,690)

−7.17

Massachusetts

13,911,495

12,457,534

(1,453,961)

−10.45

Michigan

27,194,798

24,352,532

(2,842,266)

−10.45

Minnesota

7,336,969

7,225,904

(111,065)

−1.51

Mississippi

9,714,582

10,146,478

431,896

4.45

Missouri

15,350,715

13,746,334

(1,604,381)

−10.45

Montana

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Nebraska

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Nevada

9,285,903

9,643,279

357,376

3.85

New Hampshire

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

New Jersey

24,056,170

21,541,938

(2,514,232)

−10.45

New Mexico

5,913,046

7,159,148

1,246,102

21.07

New York

52,214,166

47,853,408

(4,360,758)

−8.35

North Carolina

24,108,820

27,433,397

3,324,577

13.79

North Dakota

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Ohio

26,068,489

27,953,259

1,884,770

7.23

Oklahoma

6,320,826

7,504,490

1,183,664

18.73

Oregon

10,949,876

9,805,449

(1,144,427)

−10.45

Pennsylvania

26,866,202

29,375,775

2,509,573

9.34

Puerto Rico

24,742,775

26,646,862

1,904,087

7.70

Rhode Island

3,373,076

3,065,937

(307,139)

−9.11

South Carolina

14,080,837

13,413,830

(667,007)

−4.74

South Dakota

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Tennessee

18,374,267

16,453,879

(1,920,388)

−10.45

Texas

49,440,010

55,507,822

6,067,812

12.27

Utah

3,116,753

2,791,005

(325,748)

−10.45

Vermont

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

Virginia

14,623,934

13,095,513

(1,528,421)

−10.45

Washington

17,705,363

17,333,734

(371,629)

−2.10

West Virginia

5,356,273

6,199,542

843,269

15.74

Wisconsin

11,524,695

10,320,191

(1,204,504)

−10.45

Wyoming

2,028,005

2,017,831

(10,174)

−0.50

State Total

811,201,912

807,132,332

(4,069,580)

−0.50

American Samoa

216,608

215,479

(1,129)

−0.52

Guam

735,231

731,402

(3,829)

−0.52

Northern Marianas

401,702

399,609

(2,093)

−0.52

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

604,547

601,398

(3,149)

−0.52

Outlying Areas Total

2,033,088

2,022,888

(10,200)

−0.50

Evaluations set aside

2,321,000

2,323,000

2,000

0.09

Program Integrity set aside

0

4,077,780

4,077,780

N/A

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State

PY 2016

PY 2017

Difference

Difference

(percent)

Total Appropriated

$1,241,719,000

$1,241,719,000

$0

0.00

Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)

1,238,186,000

1,231,974,405

(6,211,595)

−0.50

Alabama

16,427,975

20,979,198

4,551,223

27.70

Alaska

2,854,009

3,691,597

837,588

29.35

Arizona

25,029,051

25,219,541

190,490

0.76

Arkansas

7,757,044

6,946,313

(810,731)

−10.45

California

169,644,376

151,913,910

(17,730,466)

−10.45

Colorado

12,323,381

11,035,397

(1,287,984)

−10.45

Connecticut

14,353,697

15,909,908

1,556,211

10.84

Delaware

2,349,277

2,103,741

(245,536)

−10.45

District of Columbia

4,499,821

4,870,170

370,349

8.23

Florida

65,053,785

58,254,657

(6,799,128)

−10.45

Georgia

40,521,426

36,286,309

(4,235,117)

−10.45

Hawaii

1,894,161

1,757,907

(136,254)

−7.19

Idaho

2,385,440

2,136,125

(249,315)

−10.45

Illinois

52,763,567

68,248,493

15,484,926

29.35

Indiana

17,062,801

15,279,474

(1,783,327)

−10.45

Iowa

4,004,176

4,495,013

490,837

12.26

Kansas

4,609,831

4,508,709

(101,122)

−2.19

Kentucky

14,673,688

13,849,199

(824,489)

−5.62

Louisiana

12,042,192

15,576,306

3,534,114

29.35

Maine

3,249,844

2,910,185

(339,659)

−10.45

Maryland

18,580,386

16,638,448

(1,941,938)

−10.45

Massachusetts

19,237,457

17,226,845

(2,010,612)

−10.45

Michigan

36,259,049

32,469,417

(3,789,632)

−10.45

Minnesota

7,537,884

7,681,855

143,971

1.91

Mississippi

11,826,808

13,860,858

2,034,050

17.20

Missouri

17,142,075

15,350,463

(1,791,612)

−10.45

Montana

1,537,406

1,693,774

156,368

10.17

Nebraska

1,824,043

2,359,359

535,316

29.35

Nevada

14,417,704

15,103,430

685,726

4.76

New Hampshire

2,130,457

1,907,791

(222,666)

−10.45

New Jersey

38,809,709

34,753,493

(4,056,216)

−10.45

New Mexico

7,937,300

10,266,720

2,329,420

29.35

New York

62,428,888

55,904,102

(6,524,786)

−10.45

North Carolina

31,022,721

32,747,320

1,724,599

5.56

North Dakota

728,444

881,051

152,607

20.95

Ohio

30,539,787

29,804,480

(735,307)

−2.41

Oklahoma

5,376,760

6,954,719

1,577,959

29.35

Oregon

14,140,167

12,662,300

(1,477,867)

−10.45

Pennsylvania

36,591,154

42,289,168

5,698,014

15.57

Puerto Rico

25,824,090

33,402,882

7,578,792

29.35

Rhode Island

5,005,633

4,482,467

(523,166)

−10.45

South Carolina

16,310,315

16,832,563

522,248

3.20

South Dakota

1,070,734

958,826

(111,908)

−10.45

Tennessee

23,146,617

20,727,437

(2,419,180)

−10.45

Texas

50,297,194

49,097,497

(1,199,697)

−2.39

Utah

3,143,067

3,927,378

784,311

24.95

Vermont

890,075

797,048

(93,027)

−10.45

Virginia

16,945,520

15,174,451

(1,771,069)

−10.45

Washington

22,462,284

29,054,462

6,592,178

29.35

West Virginia

6,291,269

8,137,616

1,846,347

29.35

Wisconsin

14,260,128

12,769,724

(1,490,404)

−10.45

Wyoming

740,333

957,604

217,271

29.35

State Total

1,017,955,000

1,012,847,700

(5,107,300)

−0.50

American Samoa

329,795

328,076

(1,719)

−0.52

Guam

1,119,421

1,113,592

(5,829)

−0.52

Northern Marianas

611,609

608,422

(3,187)

−0.52

Palau

114,191

114,191

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

920,449

915,655

(4,794)

−0.52

Outlying Areas Total

3,095,465

3,079,936

(15,529)

−0.50

National Reserve *

217,135,535

216,046,769

(1,088,766)

−0.50

Evaluations set aside

3,533,000

3,536,000

3,000

0.08

Program Integrity set aside

0

6,208,595

6,208,595

N/A

* The PY 2016 Dislocated Worker National Reserve amount reflects the initial appropriation; however, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 contained a $75M rescission to the Dislocated Worker National Reserve, decreasing funding in that category to $142,135,535.

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY 2017 vs PY 2016 Final Allotments

State

Final

PY 2016

Final

PY 2017

Difference

Difference

(percent)

Total Appropriated

$680,000,000

$671,413,000

($8,587,000)

−1.26

Total (WIOA ES Activities)

678,155,000

666,229,935

(11,925,065)

−1.76

Alabama

8,970,663

9,027,135

56,472

0.63

Alaska

7,371,868

7,242,237

(129,631)

−1.76

Arizona

13,211,577

12,978,929

(232,648)

−1.76

Arkansas

5,397,894

5,217,919

(179,975)

−3.33

California

80,968,393

78,969,900

(1,998,493)

−2.47

Colorado

10,789,931

10,468,606

(321,325)

−2.98

Connecticut

7,765,324

7,612,739

(152,585)

−1.96

Delaware

1,894,205

1,860,897

(33,308)

−1.76

District of Columbia

2,096,429

2,015,455

(80,974)

−3.86

Florida

39,144,904

38,312,400

(832,504)

−2.13

Georgia

20,216,693

19,771,269

(445,424)

−2.20

Hawaii

2,428,629

2,380,036

(48,593)

−2.00

Idaho

6,142,079

6,034,073

(108,006)

−1.76

Illinois

28,115,306

27,568,320

(546,986)

−1.95

Indiana

13,000,193

12,751,883

(248,310)

−1.91

Iowa

6,166,392

6,179,048

12,656

0.21

Kansas

5,618,970

5,509,961

(109,009)

−1.94

Kentucky

8,515,817

8,242,605

(273,212)

−3.21

Louisiana

9,250,226

9,072,599

(177,627)

−1.92

Maine

3,652,636

3,588,406

(64,230)

−1.76

Maryland

12,506,024

12,194,677

(311,347)

−2.49

Massachusetts

13,897,531

13,481,619

(415,912)

−2.99

Michigan

21,131,809

20,282,456

(849,353)

−4.02

Minnesota

11,125,457

10,916,782

(208,675)

−1.88

Mississippi

5,700,269

5,540,675

(159,594)

−2.80

Missouri

12,359,052

12,085,367

(273,685)

−2.21

Montana

5,019,337

4,931,074

(88,263)

−1.76

Nebraska

5,520,741

5,270,650

(250,091)

−4.53

Nevada

6,211,983

6,059,257

(152,726)

−2.46

New Hampshire

2,694,892

2,611,819

(83,073)

−3.08

New Jersey

19,315,682

18,686,255

(629,427)

−3.26

New Mexico

5,632,581

5,533,534

(99,047)

−1.76

New York

39,157,376

38,225,469

(931,907)

−2.38

North Carolina

19,761,644

19,331,991

(429,653)

−2.17

North Dakota

5,111,188

5,021,310

(89,878)

−1.76

Ohio

23,704,298

23,078,542

(625,756)

−2.64

Oklahoma

6,861,466

7,090,070

228,604

3.33

Oregon

8,237,229

8,065,602

(171,627)

−2.08

Pennsylvania

26,031,932

26,109,470

77,538

0.30

Puerto Rico

6,909,223

6,712,967

(196,256)

−2.84

Rhode Island

2,459,092

2,370,967

(88,125)

−3.58

South Carolina

9,472,249

9,245,152

(227,097)

−2.40

South Dakota

4,723,913

4,640,845

(83,068)

−1.76

Tennessee

12,834,215

12,465,126

(369,089)

−2.88

Texas

49,277,528

50,422,012

1,144,484

2.32

Utah

6,299,178

6,013,824

(285,354)

−4.53

Vermont

2,212,949

2,174,035

(38,914)

−1.76

Virginia

16,206,026

15,801,143

(404,883)

−2.50

Washington

14,323,487

14,769,360

445,873

3.11

West Virginia

5,406,984

5,311,905

(95,079)

−1.76

Wisconsin

12,013,389

11,756,933

(256,456)

−2.13

Wyoming

3,665,041

3,600,593

(64,448)

−1.76

State Total

676,501,894

664,605,898

(11,895,996)

−1.76

Guam

317,324

311,744

(5,580)

−1.76

Virgin Islands

1,335,782

1,312,293

(23,489)

−1.76

Outlying Areas Total

1,653,106

1,624,037

(29,069)

−1.76

Evaluations set aside

1,845,000

1,826,000

(19,000)

−1.03

Program Integrity set aside

0

3,357,065

3,357,065

N/A

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States PY 2017 vs PY 2016 Allotments

State

PY 2016

PY 2017

Difference

Difference

(percent)

Total with Program Integrity

$32,000,000

$32,000,000

$0

0.00

Total

32,000,000

31,840,000

(160,000)

−0.50

Alabama

503,955

500,653

(3,302)

−0.66

Alaska

288,924

286,485

(2,439)

−0.84

Arizona

624,575

625,139

564

0.09

Arkansas

405,098

404,113

(985)

−0.24

California

2,535,716

2,515,226

(20,490)

−0.81

Colorado

585,592

585,031

(561)

−0.10

Connecticut

475,078

468,956

(6,122)

−1.29

Delaware

300,301

300,334

33

0.01

District of Columbia

291,253

290,313

(940)

−0.32

Florida

1,405,557

1,402,184

(3,373)

−0.24

Georgia

818,650

819,642

992

0.12

Hawaii

326,170

325,006

(1,164)

−0.36

Idaho

340,258

339,637

(621)

−0.18

Illinois

1,030,239

1,026,731

(3,508)

−0.34

Indiana

638,032

640,403

2,371

0.37

Iowa

451,225

447,097

(4,128)

−0.91

Kansas

425,110

421,676

(3,434)

−0.81

Kentucky

482,822

477,694

(5,128)

−1.06

Louisiana

509,684

498,566

(11,118)

−2.18

Maine

328,137

324,364

(3,773)

−1.15

Maryland

622,922

619,671

(3,251)

−0.52

Massachusetts

679,830

670,024

(9,806)

−1.44

Michigan

817,841

816,135

(1,706)

−0.21

Minnesota

607,606

603,738

(3,868)

−0.64

Mississippi

395,692

396,216

524

0.13

Missouri

617,432

616,601

(831)

−0.13

Montana

307,795

305,779

(2,016)

−0.65

Nebraska

367,292

364,584

(2,708)

−0.74

Nevada

415,509

413,767

(1,742)

−0.42

New Hampshire

334,684

332,445

(2,239)

−0.67

New Jersey

793,083

786,208

(6,875)

−0.87

New Mexico

356,477

353,041

(3,436)

−0.96

New York

1,405,521

1,394,819

(10,702)

−0.76

North Carolina

814,035

816,832

2,797

0.34

North Dakota

295,165

293,299

(1,866)

−0.63

Ohio

936,822

927,722

(9,100)

−0.97

Oklahoma

465,408

462,774

(2,634)

−0.57

Oregon

480,039

485,244

5,205

1.08

Pennsylvania

1,016,843

1,015,467

(1,376)

−0.14

Puerto Rico

382,050

378,636

(3,414)

−0.89

Rhode Island

311,738

309,389

(2,349)

−0.75

South Carolina

515,528

515,922

394

0.08

South Dakota

299,424

297,615

(1,809)

−0.60

Tennessee

612,772

614,415

1,643

0.27

Texas

1,828,910

1,819,094

(9,816)

−0.54

Utah

420,937

420,394

(543)

−0.13

Vermont

286,842

284,535

(2,307)

−0.80

Virginia

757,553

745,883

(11,670)

−1.54

Washington

671,496

672,748

1,252

0.19

West Virginia

339,090

336,852

(2,238)

−0.66

Wisconsin

618,500

615,095

(3,405)

−0.55

Wyoming

281,988

279,390

(2,598)

−0.92

State Total

31,823,200

31,663,584

(159,616)

−0.50

Guam

93,090

92,875

(215)

−0.23

Virgin Islands

83,710

83,541

(169)

−0.20

Outlying Areas Total

176,800

176,416

(384)

−0.22

Program Integrity set aside

0

160,000

160,000

N/A

Byron Zuidema,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

[FR Doc. 2017-12336 Filed 6-14-17; 8:45 am]

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