Program Year (PY) 2018 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2018 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2018 Workforce Information Grants

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Program Year (PY) 2018 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2018 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2018 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2018 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 2018 and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2018.

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 awarded rather than based on a formula determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). However, for PY 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2018 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 2018 is the same formula used in PY 2017 and is described in the section on Youth Activities program allotments. The Department invites comments only on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying Areas.

DATES:

The Department must receive comments on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying Areas by June 25, 2018.

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. The Department will receive hand-delivered comments at the above address. All overnight mail will be considered 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 it receives 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 2018 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2018 final allotments, and PY 2018 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2018 to states with an approved WIOA Combined or Unified State Plan, and information regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.

On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141 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, ETA separately managed funds for ETA evaluations and demonstrations. That separate authority has been replaced by the set aside provision. The Department transfers the funds to the Department's Chief Evaluation Office to implement formal evaluations and demonstrations in collaboration with ETA. For 2018, the Secretary set aside 0.125 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, 2018, 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 2018, the Department set aside 0.3 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 2018 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 2018 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2018 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments.

The appropriated level for PY 2018 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $903,416,000. After reducing the appropriation by $1,129,000 for evaluations and $2,710,000 for program integrity, $899,577,000, is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2018 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2017 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, 2018 (Division H, Title III, Section 305 of Pub. L. 115-141) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2018.

Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the methodology for distributing funds to all Outlying Areas. Under WIOA the Secretary must award the funds through a competitive process. However, for PY 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 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 2018, 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 2018, 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. The Department will accept comments on this methodology.

After the Department calculated the amount for the Outlying Areas and the Native American program, the amount available for PY 2018 allotments to the states is $883,868,137. This total amount is 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. The Department used this same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments 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 2018 Youth Activities state formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals in Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2016-June 2017 in each state compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in ASUs for all states;

(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or excess unemployed individuals in ASUs (depending on which is higher) averages for the same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data compared to the total excess number in all states; and

(3) Number of disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students not in the workforce and military) from special tabulations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the Department obtained from the Census Bureau in each state

compared to the total number of disadvantaged youth in all states. The Department requested updated special tabulations for PY 2018. Census Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2011-December 31, 2015.

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-17-18). For purposes of determining the number of disadvantaged youth, the Department used the special tabulations of ACS data available at

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

.

See TEGL No. 14-17 for further information.

Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments.

The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2018 is $845,556,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $890,000 for evaluations and $2,136,000 for program integrity, $842,530,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $840,423,675 is for states and $2,106,325 is for Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2018 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2018 allotments to PY 2017 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 2018 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. The Department will accept comments on this methodology. 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 2018 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. As noted above, the Department applied this same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments almost continuously for more than two decades. 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 not in the workforce and military).

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments.

The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2018 totals $1,261,719,000. 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 $1,325,000 for evaluations and $3,180,000 for program integrity, a total of $1,257,214,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,143,035, leaving $216,865,965 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,037,205,000 available for states. As for the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2018 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2018 allotments to PY 2017 allotments.

As for 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 2018 the Department will use the same

pro rata

share as the areas received for the PY 2018 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2017. The Department will accept comments on this methodology.

The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the PY 2018 Dislocated Worker state formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) Relative number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2016-September 2017;

(2) Relative number of excess unemployed individuals, averages for the 12-month period, October 2016-September 2017; and

(3) Relative number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2016-September 2017.

In PY 2018, 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 2018 for ES grants totals $666,413,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $833,000 for evaluations and $1,999,000 for program integrity, a total of $663,581,000 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 2018 formula allotments on each state's share of calendar year 2017 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 2017. The Department distributed all remaining set-aside funds 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 $661,963,420 for states, as well as $1,617,580 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) and models for enhancing professional development and career advancement opportunities of state agency staff.

Workforce Information Grants Allotments.

Total PY 2018 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to states is $32,000,000. After reducing the total by $96,000 for program integrity, $31,904,000 is available for Workforce Information Grants. Table E contains the allotment figures for each state and Outlying Area. The Department distributes the funds by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,570 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 2017.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments

State

PY 2017

PY 2018

Difference

% Difference

Total Appropriated

$873,416,000

$903,416,000

$30,000,000

3.43

Total (WIOA Youth Activities)

866,560,920

899,577,000

33,016,080

3.81

Alabama

15,935,826

16,810,423

874,597

5.49

Alaska

2,749,556

3,248,821

499,265

18.16

Arizona

21,927,448

22,132,740

205,292

0.94

Arkansas

7,020,353

6,559,046

(461,307)

−6.57

California

122,708,017

122,420,854

(287,163)

−0.23

Colorado

10,014,113

9,356,087

(658,026)

−6.57

Connecticut

10,849,939

10,136,991

(712,948)

−6.57

Delaware

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

District of Columbia

3,048,727

3,369,642

320,915

10.53

Florida

47,191,033

50,918,130

3,727,097

7.90

Georgia

27,497,972

25,691,083

(1,806,889)

−6.57

Hawaii

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

Idaho

2,636,688

2,463,432

(173,256)

−6.57

Illinois

45,262,696

42,733,627

(2,529,069)

−5.59

Indiana

15,281,190

14,277,065

(1,004,125)

−6.57

Iowa

5,042,166

4,779,676

(262,490)

−5.21

Kansas

4,626,462

5,170,980

544,518

11.77

Kentucky

13,006,059

13,770,245

764,186

5.88

Louisiana

15,937,361

17,165,657

1,228,296

7.71

Maine

2,873,333

2,684,527

(188,806)

−6.57

Maryland

13,351,957

12,474,601

(877,356)

−6.57

Massachusetts

13,965,303

13,047,645

(917,658)

−6.57

Michigan

26,603,952

28,612,013

2,008,061

7.55

Minnesota

8,630,212

10,094,772

1,464,560

16.97

Mississippi

10,648,637

10,053,302

(595,335)

−5.59

Missouri

14,750,868

14,066,190

(684,678)

−4.64

Montana

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

Nebraska

2,432,570

2,656,124

223,554

9.19

Nevada

9,913,269

9,261,869

(651,400)

−6.57

New Hampshire

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

New Jersey

22,296,345

20,831,255

(1,465,090)

−6.57

New Mexico

7,484,241

9,176,874

1,692,633

22.62

New York

49,406,010

50,223,205

817,195

1.65

North Carolina

28,746,951

27,731,837

(1,015,114)

−3.53

North Dakota

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

Ohio

30,130,209

36,354,942

6,224,733

20.66

Oklahoma

7,802,022

9,577,406

1,775,384

22.76

Oregon

10,245,449

9,572,222

(673,227)

−6.57

Pennsylvania

32,264,694

39,419,602

7,154,908

22.18

Puerto Rico

25,176,038

26,554,369

1,378,331

5.47

Rhode Island

3,582,507

3,347,101

(235,406)

−6.57

South Carolina

13,932,904

13,017,374

(915,530)

−6.57

South Dakota

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

Tennessee

16,934,922

17,503,950

569,028

3.36

Texas

58,289,678

75,959,298

17,669,620

30.31

Utah

3,323,840

3,656,938

333,098

10.02

Vermont

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

Virginia

14,084,399

13,158,915

(925,484)

−6.57

Washington

18,561,132

19,115,058

553,926

2.98

West Virginia

6,247,535

5,837,010

(410,525)

−6.57

Wisconsin

11,985,441

11,197,879

(787,562)

−6.57

Wyoming

2,128,572

2,209,670

81,098

3.81

State Total

851,428,600

883,868,137

32,439,537

3.81

American Samoa

227,760

236,754

8,994

3.95

Guam

773,087

803,615

30,528

3.95

Northern Marianas

422,385

439,064

16,679

3.95

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

635,674

660,775

25,101

3.95

Outlying Areas Total

2,133,906

2,215,208

81,302

3.81

Native Americans

12,998,414

13,493,655

495,241

3.81

Evaluations set aside

2,488,000

1,129,000

(1,359,000)

−54.62

Program Integrity set aside

4,367,080

2,710,000

(1,657,080)

−37.94

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments

State

PY 2017

PY 2018

Difference

% Difference

Total Appropriated

$815,556,000

$845,556,000

$30,000,000

3.68

Total (WIOA Adult Activities)

809,155,220

842,530,000

33,374,780

4.12

Alabama

15,399,354

16,327,908

928,554

6.03

Alaska

2,571,516

3,040,398

468,882

18.23

Arizona

20,673,071

20,986,794

313,723

1.52

Arkansas

6,691,689

6,270,928

(420,761)

−6.29

California

117,464,601

117,884,993

420,392

0.36

Colorado

9,286,373

8,702,463

(583,910)

−6.29

Connecticut

9,998,629

9,369,933

(628,696)

−6.29

Delaware

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

District of Columbia

2,797,188

2,986,342

189,154

6.76

Florida

47,011,004

51,443,034

4,432,030

9.43

Georgia

26,342,217

24,685,866

(1,656,351)

−6.29

Hawaii

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Idaho

2,448,953

2,294,967

(153,986)

−6.29

Illinois

42,455,721

40,226,996

(2,228,725)

−5.25

Indiana

13,857,417

12,986,088

(871,329)

−6.29

Iowa

3,620,871

3,393,197

(227,674)

−6.29

Kansas

3,832,189

4,357,065

524,876

13.70

Kentucky

13,297,308

13,740,037

442,729

3.33

Louisiana

15,196,124

16,647,287

1,451,163

9.55

Maine

2,609,532

2,445,449

(164,083)

−6.29

Maryland

12,390,856

11,611,741

(779,115)

−6.29

Massachusetts

12,457,534

11,674,227

(783,307)

−6.29

Michigan

24,352,532

26,127,450

1,774,918

7.29

Minnesota

7,225,904

8,472,215

1,246,311

17.25

Mississippi

10,146,478

9,681,200

(465,278)

−4.59

Missouri

13,746,334

13,103,150

(643,184)

−4.68

Montana

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Nebraska

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Nevada

9,643,279

9,036,927

(606,352)

−6.29

New Hampshire

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

New Jersey

21,541,938

20,187,420

(1,354,518)

−6.29

New Mexico

7,159,148

8,901,122

1,741,974

24.33

New York

47,853,408

49,370,737

1,517,329

3.17

North Carolina

27,433,397

26,346,674

(1,086,723)

−3.96

North Dakota

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Ohio

27,953,259

33,780,803

5,827,544

20.85

Oklahoma

7,504,490

9,074,610

1,570,120

20.92

Oregon

9,805,449

9,188,900

(616,549)

−6.29

Pennsylvania

29,375,775

36,348,863

6,973,088

23.74

Puerto Rico

26,646,862

27,814,371

1,167,509

4.38

Rhode Island

3,065,937

2,873,156

(192,781)

−6.29

South Carolina

13,413,830

12,570,393

(843,437)

−6.29

South Dakota

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Tennessee

16,453,879

17,019,935

566,056

3.44

Texas

55,507,822

71,907,136

16,399,314

29.54

Utah

2,791,005

2,867,024

76,019

2.72

Vermont

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

Virginia

13,095,513

12,272,091

(823,422)

−6.29

Washington

17,333,734

18,013,252

679,518

3.92

West Virginia

6,199,542

5,809,726

(389,816)

−6.29

Wisconsin

10,320,191

9,671,276

(648,915)

−6.29

Wyoming

2,017,831

2,101,059

83,228

4.12

State Total

807,132,332

840,423,675

33,291,343

4.12

American Samoa

215,479

224,709

9,230

4.28

Guam

731,402

762,731

31,329

4.28

Northern Marianas

399,609

416,727

17,118

4.28

Palau

75,000

75,000

0

0.00

Virgin Islands

601,398

627,158

25,760

4.28

Outlying Areas Total

2,022,888

2,106,325

83,437

4.12

Evaluations set aside

2,323,000

890,000

(1,433,000)

−61.69

Program Integrity set aside

4,077,780

2,136,000

(1,941,780)

−47.62

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments

State

PY 2017

PY 2018

Difference

% Difference

Total Appropriated

$1,241,719,000

$1,261,719,000

$20,000,000

1.61

Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)

1,231,974,405

1,257,214,000

25,239,595

2.05

Alabama

20,979,198

19,335,341

(1,643,857)

−7.84

Alaska

3,691,597

4,914,486

1,222,889

33.13

Arizona

25,219,541

23,243,426

(1,976,115)

−7.84

Arkansas

6,946,313

6,402,024

(544,289)

−7.84

California

151,913,910

154,748,352

2,834,442

1.87

Colorado

11,035,397

10,170,702

(864,695)

−7.84

Connecticut

15,909,908

14,663,263

(1,246,645)

−7.84

Delaware

2,103,741

2,460,357

356,616

16.95

District of Columbia

4,870,170

6,483,476

1,613,306

33.13

Florida

58,254,657

53,690,026

(4,564,631)

−7.84

Georgia

36,286,309

40,436,884

4,150,575

11.44

Hawaii

1,757,907

1,620,164

(137,743)

−7.84

Idaho

2,136,125

1,968,746

(167,379)

−7.84

Illinois

68,248,493

62,900,780

(5,347,713)

−7.84

Indiana

15,279,474

14,082,228

(1,197,246)

−7.84

Iowa

4,495,013

4,142,800

(352,213)

−7.84

Kansas

4,508,709

4,670,889

162,180

3.60

Kentucky

13,849,199

17,761,938

3,912,739

28.25

Louisiana

15,576,306

20,736,157

5,159,851

33.13

Maine

2,910,185

2,682,153

(228,032)

−7.84

Maryland

16,638,448

15,334,717

(1,303,731)

−7.84

Massachusetts

17,226,845

15,877,010

(1,349,835)

−7.84

Michigan

32,469,417

29,925,227

(2,544,190)

−7.84

Minnesota

7,681,855

8,704,633

1,022,778

13.31

Mississippi

13,860,858

12,774,770

(1,086,088)

−7.84

Missouri

15,350,463

14,147,654

(1,202,809)

−7.84

Montana

1,693,774

1,561,056

(132,718)

−7.84

Nebraska

2,359,359

2,397,862

38,503

1.63

Nevada

15,103,430

13,919,978

(1,183,452)

−7.84

New Hampshire

1,907,791

1,758,303

(149,488)

−7.84

New Jersey

34,753,493

32,030,331

(2,723,162)

−7.84

New Mexico

10,266,720

13,667,703

3,400,983

33.13

New York

55,904,102

51,523,652

(4,380,450)

−7.84

North Carolina

32,747,320

30,181,355

(2,565,965)

−7.84

North Dakota

881,051

812,015

(69,036)

−7.84

Ohio

29,804,480

39,677,597

9,873,117

33.13

Oklahoma

6,954,719

7,724,855

770,136

11.07

Oregon

12,662,300

11,670,127

(992,173)

−7.84

Pennsylvania

42,289,168

53,520,091

11,230,923

26.56

Puerto Rico

33,402,882

44,468,015

11,065,133

33.13

Rhode Island

4,482,467

4,131,237

(351,230)

−7.84

South Carolina

16,832,563

15,513,622

(1,318,941)

−7.84

South Dakota

958,826

1,163,056

204,230

21.30

Tennessee

20,727,437

19,103,308

(1,624,129)

−7.84

Texas

49,097,497

62,116,365

13,018,868

26.52

Utah

3,927,378

4,395,205

467,827

11.91

Vermont

797,048

859,693

62,645

7.86

Virginia

15,174,451

13,985,434

(1,189,017)

−7.84

Washington

29,054,462

26,777,856

(2,276,606)

−7.84

West Virginia

8,137,616

7,499,981

(637,635)

−7.84

Wisconsin

12,769,724

11,769,133

(1,000,591)

−7.84

Wyoming

957,604

1,098,967

141,363

14.76

State Total

1,012,847,700

1,037,205,000

24,357,300

2.40

American Samoa

328,076

335,308

7,232

2.20

Guam

1,113,592

1,138,139

24,547

2.20

Northern Marianas

608,422

621,836

13,414

2.20

Palau

114,191

111,914

(2,277)

−1.99

Virgin Islands

915,655

935,838

20,183

2.20

Outlying Areas Total

3,079,936

3,143,035

63,099

2.05

National Reserve*

216,046,769

216,865,965

819,196

0.38

Evaluations set aside

3,536,000

1,325,000

(2,211,000)

−62.53

Program Integrity set aside

6,208,595

3,180,000

(3,028,595)

−48.78

* The PY 2017 Dislocated Worker National Reserve amount reflects the initial appropriation; however, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 contained a $12.5M rescission to the Dislocated Worker National Reserve, decreasing funding in that category to $203,546,769.

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY 2018 vs PY 2017 Final Allotments

State

Final PY 2017

Final PY 2018

Difference

% Difference

Total Appropriated

$671,413,000

$666,413,000

($5,000,000)

−0.74

Total (WIOA ES Activities)

666,229,935

663,581,000

(2,648,935)

−0.40

Alabama

9,027,135

8,908,780

(118,355)

−1.31

Alaska

7,242,237

7,213,442

(28,795)

−0.40

Arizona

12,978,929

13,165,903

186,974

1.44

Arkansas

5,217,919

5,162,355

(55,564)

−1.06

California

78,969,900

78,345,199

(624,701)

−0.79

Colorado

10,468,606

10,389,581

(79,025)

−0.75

Connecticut

7,612,739

7,574,461

(38,278)

−0.50

Delaware

1,860,897

1,858,689

(2,208)

−0.12

District of Columbia

2,015,455

1,988,531

(26,924)

−1.34

Florida

38,312,400

38,144,961

(167,439)

−0.44

Georgia

19,771,269

19,921,213

149,944

0.76

Hawaii

2,380,036

2,352,566

(27,470)

−1.15

Idaho

6,034,073

6,010,081

(23,992)

−0.40

Illinois

27,568,320

27,275,919

(292,401)

−1.06

Indiana

12,751,883

12,602,609

(149,274)

−1.17

Iowa

6,179,048

6,113,562

(65,486)

−1.06

Kansas

5,509,961

5,469,981

(39,980)

−0.73

Kentucky

8,242,605

8,204,609

(37,996)

−0.46

Louisiana

9,072,599

8,977,219

(95,380)

−1.05

Maine

3,588,406

3,574,138

(14,268)

−0.40

Maryland

12,194,677

12,141,754

(52,923)

−0.43

Massachusetts

13,481,619

13,412,552

(69,067)

−0.51

Michigan

20,282,456

20,064,262

(218,194)

−1.08

Minnesota

10,916,782

10,913,401

(3,381)

−0.03

Mississippi

5,540,675

5,475,041

(65,634)

−1.18

Missouri

12,085,367

11,926,706

(158,661)

−1.31

Montana

4,931,074

4,911,468

(19,606)

−0.40

Nebraska

5,270,650

5,167,751

(102,899)

−1.95

Nevada

6,059,257

6,016,403

(42,854)

−0.71

New Hampshire

2,611,819

2,587,728

(24,091)

−0.92

New Jersey

18,686,255

18,492,789

(193,466)

−1.04

New Mexico

5,533,534

5,511,533

(22,001)

−0.40

New York

38,225,469

38,073,357

(152,112)

−0.40

North Carolina

19,331,991

19,246,083

(85,908)

−0.44

North Dakota

5,021,310

5,001,345

(19,965)

−0.40

Ohio

23,078,542

23,186,548

108,006

0.47

Oklahoma

7,090,070

7,052,012

(38,058)

−0.54

Oregon

8,065,602

8,017,942

(47,660)

−0.59

Pennsylvania

26,109,470

25,958,852

(150,618)

−0.58

Puerto Rico

6,712,967

6,637,872

(75,095)

−1.12

Rhode Island

2,370,967

2,334,313

(36,654)

−1.55

South Carolina

9,245,152

9,156,790

(88,362)

−0.96

South Dakota

4,640,845

4,622,393

(18,452)

−0.40

Tennessee

12,465,126

12,319,202

(145,924)

−1.17

Texas

50,422,012

51,437,423

1,015,411

2.01

Utah

6,013,824

5,925,522

(88,302)

−1.47

Vermont

2,174,035

2,165,391

(8,644)

−0.40

Virginia

15,801,143

15,736,130

(65,013)

−0.41

Washington

14,769,360

14,707,432

(61,928)

−0.42

West Virginia

5,311,905

5,290,785

(21,120)

−0.40

Wisconsin

11,756,933

11,632,564

(124,369)

−1.06

Wyoming

3,600,593

3,586,277

(14,316)

−0.40

State Total

664,605,898

661,963,420

(2,642,478)

−0.40

Guam

311,744

310,505

(1,239)

−0.40

Virgin Islands

1,312,293

1,307,075

(5,218)

−0.40

Outlying Areas Total

1,624,037

1,617,580

(6,457)

−0.40

Evaluations set aside

1,826,000

833,000

(993,000)

−54.38

Program Integrity set aside

3,357,065

1,999,000

(1,358,065)

−40.45

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States PY 2018 vs PY 2017 Allotments

State

PY 2017

PY 2018

Difference

% Difference

Total with Program Integrity

$32,000,000

$32,000,000

$0

0.00

Total

31,840,000

31,904,000

64,000

0.20

Alabama

500,653

501,509

856

0.17

Alaska

286,485

287,026

541

0.19

Arizona

625,139

633,995

8,856

1.42

Arkansas

404,113

404,109

(4)

0.00

California

2,515,226

2,510,570

(4,656)

−0.19

Colorado

585,031

592,880

7,849

1.34

Connecticut

468,956

469,696

740

0.16

Delaware

300,334

300,167

(167)

−0.06

District of Columbia

290,313

291,143

830

0.29

Florida

1,402,184

1,432,999

30,815

2.20

Georgia

819,642

837,522

17,880

2.18

Hawaii

325,006

325,866

860

0.26

Idaho

339,637

341,187

1,550

0.46

Illinois

1,026,731

1,009,506

(17,225)

−1.68

Indiana

640,403

637,470

(2,933)

−0.46

Iowa

447,097

443,793

(3,304)

−0.74

Kansas

421,676

419,199

(2,477)

−0.59

Kentucky

477,694

486,277

8,583

1.80

Louisiana

498,566

492,418

(6,148)

−1.23

Maine

324,364

326,794

2,430

0.75

Maryland

619,671

624,125

4,454

0.72

Massachusetts

670,024

675,725

5,701

0.85

Michigan

816,135

819,622

3,487

0.43

Minnesota

603,738

602,174

(1,564)

−0.26

Mississippi

396,216

396,428

212

0.05

Missouri

616,601

607,825

(8,776)

−1.42

Montana

305,779

306,190

411

0.13

Nebraska

364,584

363,280

(1,304)

−0.36

Nevada

413,767

414,233

466

0.11

New Hampshire

332,445

332,832

387

0.12

New Jersey

786,208

777,919

(8,289)

−1.05

New Mexico

353,041

354,069

1,028

0.29

New York

1,394,819

1,380,696

(14,123)

−1.01

North Carolina

816,832

825,773

8,941

1.09

North Dakota

293,299

293,506

207

0.07

Ohio

927,722

923,124

(4,598)

−0.50

Oklahoma

462,774

459,868

(2,906)

−0.63

Oregon

485,244

491,524

6,280

1.29

Pennsylvania

1,015,467

1,005,428

(10,039)

−0.99

Puerto Rico

378,636

375,763

(2,873)

−0.76

Rhode Island

309,389

309,498

109

0.04

South Carolina

515,922

517,937

2,015

0.39

South Dakota

297,615

297,999

384

0.13

Tennessee

614,415

619,474

5,059

0.82

Texas

1,819,094

1,831,157

12,063

0.66

Utah

420,394

427,852

7,458

1.77

Vermont

284,535

284,871

336

0.12

Virginia

745,883

752,203

6,320

0.85

Washington

672,748

681,301

8,553

1.27

West Virginia

336,852

336,297

(555)

−0.16

Wisconsin

615,095

615,232

137

0.02

Wyoming

279,390

279,379

(11)

0.00

State Total

31,663,584

31,727,430

63,846

0.20

Guam

92,875

92,961

86

0.09

Virgin Islands

83,541

83,609

68

0.08

Outlying Areas Total

176,416

176,570

154

0.09

Program Integrity set aside

160,000

96,000

(64,000)

−40.00

Rosemary Lahasky,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

[FR Doc. 2018-11307 Filed 5-24-18; 8:45 am]

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