Job Training Partnership Act: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs; Proposed Planning Estimates

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Job Training Partnership Act: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker

Programs; Proposed Planning Estimates

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed State planning estimates and allocation

formula; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is publishing the

proposed State planning estimates for Program Year (PY) 1994 (July 1,

1994 through June 30, 1995) for Job Training Partnership Act section

402 migrant and seasonal farmworker programs, the allocation formula,

and the rationale used in arriving at the planning estimates.

DATES: Written comments on this notice are invited and must be received

on or before May 13, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments shall be submitted to Mr. Paul A. Mayrand,

Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs, Employment and Training

Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, room N-4641, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles C. Kane, Chief, Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs.

Telephone: (202) 219-5500 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 162 of the Job

Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Employment and Training

Administration publishes for comment the proposed State planning

estimates for JTPA, section 402 migrant and seasonal farmworker

programs in PY 1994. JTPA section 402 grantees were selected for a two-

year designation period on July 1, 1993. Program Year 1994 is the

second year of that designation period. Grantees which have performed

satisfactorily during the first year of the designation period will be

awarded grants in the second year after submittal of acceptable grant

plans but without further competition.

Allocations

The allocations set forth in the appendix to this notice reflect

the allocation formula described below. For PY 1994, $85,576,000 were

appropriated for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs.

This amount is an increase of $7,273,000 above the appropriation

for PY 1993. Each year since 1987, additional funds have been included

to meet the demand for training and employment services to Special

Agricultural Workers (SAWs) who became eligible for the program as a

result of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. In addition,

the reports of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committees

on Appropriations on the Department of Labor's 1994 appropriations

state that the committees expect the Department to continue the

farmworker housing program. The Department concurs with this request.

The allocation formula is being applied to $81,148,000. The

remaining $4,428,000 of the PY 1994 section 402 appropriation is being

held in the section 402 national account to fund the housing program

($3,000,000), the Hope, Arkansas, Migrant Rest Center ($300,000), and

other training and technical assistance projects.

Allocation Formula

The $81,148,000 formula total was allocated according to the

following formula:

(1) $74,752,033 was allocated on a State-by-State basis. This is

the same amount as was allocated for each State for PY 1993. This

ensures programmatic stability by providing a funding base for each

State at its PY 1993 level.

(2) $6,395,967 was allocated on a State-by-State basis. Thirty

percent of this portion of the appropriation was based on the relative

numbers of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in each State, as shown by

1980 Census data; and 70 percent was based on the relative numbers of

SAWs in each State, as shown by the most recent Immigration and

Naturalization Service data. This provides an equitable distribution of

the additional funds available for PY 1994 for programmatic needs

generated by the SAW program.

Formula Allocations in Out Years

For Program Year 1995 and beyond, the Department intends to update

the allocation formula to incorporate more current data on the

farmworker population. To this end, in April 1994, a special task force

was convened to explore options for revising the formula and its bases.

Findings from this task force will be reflected in future notices of

planning estimates.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April, 1994.

Doug Ross,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration PY 1994

MSFW Allotments to States

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PY 93-PY 94

PY 1994 base increases PY 1994 total

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Alabama................. 925,004 32,269 957,273

Alaska.................. 0 0 0

Arizona................. 1,640,434 196,710 1,837,144

Arkansas................ 1,362,948 48,368 1,411,316

California.............. 15,066,663 2,573,000 17,639,663

Colorado................ 914,054 59,767 973,821

Connecticut............. 231,596 17,473 249,069

Delaware................ 136,435 6,622 143,057

District of Columbia.... 0 0 0

Florida................. 5,072,491 526,565 5,599,056

Georgia................. 1,948,488 120,734 2,069,222

Hawaii.................. 291,884 12,291 304,175

Idaho................... 1,004,138 56,625 1,060,763

Illinois................ 1,549,304 174,399 1,723,703

Indiana................. 911,311 33,607 944,918

Iowa.................... 1,536,801 52,209 1,589,010

Kansas.................. 806,435 37,205 843,640

Kentucky................ 1,586,289 48,926 1,635,215

Louisiana............... 930,491 31,856 962,347

Maine................... 383,535 12,265 395,800

Maryland................ 346,605 23,680 370,285

Massachusetts........... 382,068 42,299 424,367

Michigan................ 1,016,820 45,396 1,062,216

Minnesota............... 1,493,066 48,048 1,541,114

Mississippi............. 1,699,394 52,398 1,751,792

Missouri................ 1,281,751 41,451 1,323,202

Montana................. 782,547 24,038 806,585

Nebraska................ 901,895 34,886 936,781

Nevada.................. 206,637 36,110 242,747

New Hampshire........... 132,014 4,112 136,126

New Jersey.............. 417,029 66,590 483,619

New Mexico.............. 661,381 62,430 723,811

New York................ 2,012,126 225,201 2,237,327

North Carolina.......... 3,479,282 154,765 3,634,047

North Dakota............ 549,540 16,676 566,216

Ohio.................... 1,057,779 36,244 1,094,023

Oklahoma................ 699,074 36,131 735,205

Oregon.................. 1,203,763 111,187 1,314,950

Pennsylvania............ 1,412,023 64,613 1,476,636

Puerto Rico............. 3,431,574 121,261 3,552,835

Rhode Island............ 0 0 0

South Carolina.......... 1,259,283 46,490 1,305,773

South Dakota............ 812,992 24,638 837,630

Tennessee............... 1,119,620 38,292 1,157,912

Texas................... 6,533,572 695,587 7,229,159

Utah.................... 284,694 11,921 296,615

Vermont................. 250,075 7,589 257,664

Virginia................ 1,185,973 67,013 1,252,986

Washington.............. 1,911,315 150,607 2,061,922

West Virginia........... 256,560 8,588 265,148

Wisconsin............... 1,437,538 48,480 1,486,018

Wyoming................. 235,742 8,355 244,097

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Formula Total....... 74,752,033 6,395,967 81,148,000

TA/Housing.......... 3,550,967 877,033 4,428,000

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National Total...... 78,303,000 7,273,000 85,576,000

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[FR Doc. 94-8863 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]

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