[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8418-8425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3544]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Job Training Partnership Act Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act
Preliminary Planning Estimates; Program Year (PY) 1995
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces States' Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) allotments for Program Year (PY) 1995 (July 1, 1995-June 30,
1966) for JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III, and for the JTPA Title II-B
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program in Calendar Year (CY)
1995; and preliminary planning estimates for public employment service
activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For JTPA allotments, contact, Mr. Donald Kulick, Deputy Administrator,
Office of Job Training Programs, Room N4459, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-6236. For Employment
Service planning levels contact Mr. John Robinson, Director, U.S.
Employment Service, Room N-4666, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-5257. (These are not toll-free
numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department)
is announcing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) allotments for
Program Year (PY) 1995 (July 1, 1995-June 30, 1996) for JTPA Titles II-
A, II-C, and III, and for the Summer Youth Employment and Training
Program in Calendar Year (CY) 1995 for JTPA Title II-B; and, in accord
with Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, preliminary planning estimates
for public employment service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser
Act for PY 1995. The allotments and estimates are based on the
appropriations for DOL for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.
Attached are lists of the allotments for PY 1995 for programs under
JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; a list of the allotments for the CY
1995 Summer Youth Employment and Training Program under Title II-B of
JTPA; and a list of preliminary planning estimates for public
employment service activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act. The PY 1995
allotments for Titles II-A, II-C, and III and the ES preliminary
planning estimates, are based on the funds appropriated by the
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1995, Public Law 103-333, for
FY 1995.
The base allotments for Title II-B total $867,070,000. Included in
these allotments are additional 1995 summer funds in the amount of
$184,788,000 provided by Congress in the FY 1995 appropriation act.
These fund were made available for obligation on July 1, 1995. The FY
1994 and FY 1995 funds available for the CY 1995 Summer Program will be
issued separately through a Notice of Obligation (NOO).
These JTPA allotments will not be updated for subsequent
unemployment data. The Employment Service preliminary estimates will be
updated as final allotments to reflect CY 1994 data and published in
the Federal Register at a later date.
Title II-A Allotments
Attachment I shows the PY 1995 JTPA Title II-A Adult Training
Program allotments by State. For all States, Puerto Rico and the
District of Columbia, the following data were used in computing the
allotments:
--Data for areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) are averages for the
12-month period, July 1993 through June 1994.
--The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher) are averages for this same 12-month
period.
--The economically disadvantaged adult data (age 22 to 72, excluding
college students and military) are from the 1990 Census.
The allotments for the Insular Areas, including the Freely
Associated States, are based on unemployment data from 1990 Census or,
if not available, the most recent data available. A 90 percent relative
share ``hold-harmless'' of the PY 1994 Title II-A allotments for these
areas and a minimum allotment of $75,000 were also applied in
determining the allotments.
Title II-A funds are to be distributed among designated service
delivery areas (SDAs) according to the statutory formula contained in
Section 202(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous
Provisions, of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992. (This Title
VII provides an interim allocation methodology which applies to the PY
1995 allotments.) This is the same formula that has been used in
previous program years; however, prior to PY 1993 a different
definition of ``economically disadvantaged'' was used.
In determining any necessary hold-harmless levels for SDAs, the
States of Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin shall not include
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JTPA Title II-B Allotments
Attachment II shows the CY 1995 JTPA Title II-B Summer Youth
Employment and Training Program allotments by State based on total
available appropriations for CY 1995 of $867,070,000. The data used for
these allotments are the same unemployment data as were used for Title
II-A except that the data for the number for economically disadvantaged
youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students and military) from the
1990 Census was used.
For the Insular Areas and Native Americans, the allotments are
based on the percentage of Title II-B funds each received during the
previous summer.
Title II-B funds for the 1995 Summer Program are to be distributed
among designated SDAs in accordance with the statutory formula
contained in Section 252(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII,
Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Job Training Reform Amendments of
1992. This Title VII provides an interim allocation methodology which
applies to the PY 1995 allotments. The Title II-B formula is the same
as for Title II-C. This is the same formula which was used in the
previous program year.
In determining any necessary hold-harmless levels for SDAs, the
State of Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin shall not include
any additional funds provided for RCEPs.
JTPA Title II-C Allotments
Attachment III shows the PY 1995 JTPA Title II-C Youth Training
Program allotments by State for a total appropriation of $598,682,000.
The amount is composed entirely of PY 1995 formula funds. For all
States, the Insular Areas, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia,
the data used in computing the allotments are the same data as were
used for Title II-B allotments.
The allotments for the Insular Areas are based on unemployment data
from the 1990 census or, if not available, the most recent data
available. A 90 percent relative share ``hold-harmless'' of the PY 1994
Title II-C allotments for those areas and a minimum allotment of
$50,000 were also applied in determining the allotments.
JTPA Title III Allotments
Attachment IV shows the PY 1995 JTPA Title III Dislocated Worker
Program allotments by State, for a total of $1,296,000,000. The total
includes 80 percent allotted by formula to the States ($1,036,800,000),
and 20 percent ($259,200,000) for the National Reserve, including funds
allotted to the Insular Areas.
Title III formulas funds are to be distributed to State and
substate grantees in accordance with the provisions in Section 302 (c)
and (d) of JTPA, as amended.
Except for the Insular Areas, the unemployment data used for
computing these allotments, relative numbers of unemployed and relative
numbers of excess unemployed, are averages for the October 1993 through
September 1994 period. Long-term unemployed data used were for CY 1993.
Allotments for the Insular Areas are based on the PY 1995 Title II-
A allotments for these areas.
A reallotment of these published Title III formula amounts, as
provided for by Section 303 of JTPA, as amended, will be based on
completed program year expenditure reports submitted by the States and
received by October 1, 1995. The Title III allotment for each State
will be adjusted upward or downward, based on whether the State is
eligible to share in reallotted funds or is subject to recapture of
funds.
Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Preliminary Planning Estimates
Attachment V shows planning estimates which have been produced
using the formula set forth at Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29
U.S.C. 49e. These preliminary estimates are based on averages for the
most current 12 months ending September 1994 for each State's share of
the civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment. Final planning
estimates will be issued based on CY 1994 data, as required by the
Wagner-Peyser Act.
The total planning estimate includes $22,019,700, or 2.603 percent
of the total amount available, which is being withheld from
distribution to States to finance postage costs associated with the
conduct of Employment Service business of 1995.
The Secretary of Labor has set aside 3 percent of the total
available funds to assure that each State will have sufficient
resources to maintain statewide employment services, as required under
Section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In accordance with this
provision, $24,716,769 is set aside for administrative formula
allocation. These setaside funds are included in the total planning
estimate. Setaside funds are distributed in two steps to States which
have lost in their relative share of resources from the prior year. In
step one, States which have a CLF below one million and are below the
median CLF density are maintained at 100 percent of their relative
share of prior year resources. All remaining set-aside funds are
distributed on a pro rata basis in step two to all other States losing
in relative share from the prior year, but which do not meet the size
and density criteria for step one.
Ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State shall be
reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for
public employment service offices, services for groups with special
needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job
services.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of February, 1995.
Doug Ross,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
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Attachment V
U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Preliminary PY 1995 Wagner-Peyser Allotments to
States
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3% Distribution
State Basic formula ------------------------------------------------ Total
Step 1* Step 2** Total allotment
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Alabama......................... 11,665,318 0 186,693 186,693 11,852,011
Alaska.......................... 7,818,086 1,138,016 0 1,138,016 8,956,102
Arizona......................... 10,962,428 0 0 0 10,962,428
Arkansas........................ 6,585,108 0 224,468 224,468 6,809,576
California...................... 100,509,042 0 0 0 100,509,042
Colorado........................ 10,544,711 0 0 0 10,544,711
Connecticut..................... 9,715,024 0 541,197 541,197 10,256,221
Delaware........................ 2,232,068 0 69,207 69,207 2,301,275
District of Columbia............ 4,063,968 0 424,662 424,662 4,488,630
Florida......................... 39,304,326 0 132,803 132,803 39,437,129
Georgia......................... 19,950,543 0 0 0 19,950,543
Hawaii.......................... 3,190,448 0 0 0 3,190,448
Idaho........................... 6,513,857 948,170 0 948,170 7,462,027
Illinois........................ 33,911,766 0 1,835,084 1,835,084 35,746,850
Indiana......................... 16,065,017 0 74,437 74,437 16,139,454
Iowa............................ 7,698,247 0 386,124 386,124 8,084,371
Kansas.......................... 7,263,953 0 0 0 7,263,953
Kentucky........................ 9,736,987 0 517,573 517,573 10,254,560
Louisiana....................... 11,889,765 0 174,435 174,435 12,064,200
Maine........................... 3,873,730 563,868 0 563,868 4,437,598
Maryland........................ 14,835,112 0 141,556 141,556 14,976,668
Massachusetts................... 18,009,455 0 1,122,149 1,122,149 19,131,604
Michigan........................ 27,543,280 0 1,135,703 1,135,703 28,678,983
Minnesota....................... 12,897,151 0 266,746 266,746 13,163,897
Mississippi..................... 7,142,550 0 203,927 203,927 7,346,477
Missouri........................ 14,482,951 0 622,357 622,357 15,105,308
Montana......................... 5,323,158 774,849 0 774,849 6,098,007
Nebraska........................ 6,397,389 931,217 0 931,217 7,328,606
Nevada.......................... 5,174,670 753,235 0 753,235 5,927,905
New Hampshire................... 3,350,553 0 274,927 274,927 3,625,480
New Jersey...................... 23,789,340 0 370,650 370,650 24,159,990
New Mexico...................... 5,973,519 869,517 0 869,517 6,843,036
New York........................ 52,000,890 0 815,469 815,469 52,816,359
North Carolina.................. 18,488,752 0 489,652 489,652 18,978,404
North Dakota.................... 5,420,567 789,028 0 789,028 6,209,595
Ohio............................ 31,170,198 0 601,116 601,116 31,771,314
Oklahoma........................ 9,574,365 0 1,000,468 1,000,468 10,574,833
Oregon.......................... 9,290,917 0 60,694 60,694 9,351,611
Pennsylvania.................... 33,842,741 0 994,023 994,023 34,836,764
Puerto Rico..................... 10,083,046 0 282,584 282,584 10,365,630
Rhode Island.................... 3,090,997 0 114,522 114,522 3,205,519
South Carolina.................. 10,630,355 0 241,416 241,416 10,871,771
South Dakota.................... 5,009,850 729,244 0 729,244 5,739,094
Tennessee....................... 13,907,340 0 51,315 51,315 13,958,655
Texas........................... 54,787,361 0 0 0 54,787,361
Utah............................ 10,957,150 1,594,944 0 1,594,944 12,552,094
Vermont......................... 2,346,901 341,619 0 341,619 2,688,520
Virginia........................ 18,190,693 0 216,196 216,196 18,406,889
Washington...................... 15,743,889 0 310,434 310,434 16,054,323
West Virginia................... 5,734,268 834,692 0 834,692 6,568,960
Wisconsin....................... 14,596,482 0 0 0 14,596,482
Wyoming......................... 3,886,885 565,783 0 565,783 4,452,668
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Formula Total............... 797,167,167 10,834,182 13,882,587 24,716,769 821,883,936
Guam............................ 385,518 0 0 0 385,518
Virgin Islands.................. 1,622,846 0 0 0 1,622,846
Indicia Postage................. 22,019,700 0 0 0 22,019,700
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National Total.............. 821,195,231 10,834,182 13,882,587 24,716,769 845,912,000
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*Funds are allocated to the 13 States whose relative share decreased from PY 1994 to the PY 1995 basic formula
amount and which have a Civilian Labor Force (CLF) below one million and are below the median CLF density.
These States are held harmless at 100% of their PY 1994 relative share.
**The balance of the 3% funds are distributed to the remaining 31 States losing in relative share from PY 1994
to their PY 1995 total allotment amount.
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